Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunella vulgaris subsp. asiatica (Nakai) H.Hara [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Prunella vulgaris L.
Infraspecies:: 4

Prunella vulgaris subsp. estremadurensis Franco

Prunella vulgaris subsp. hispida (Benth.) Hultén

Prunella vulgaris subsp. lanceolata (W.P.C.Barton) Piper & Beattie

Prunella vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
prunella spike	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
prunellae spica	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
カゴソウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
夏枯草露	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
spike		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
inflorescence	spike	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
spike		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
spike		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
spike		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Prunella asiatica Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 19 (1930).
Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina Nakai J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 31: 148 (1911).
Prunella asiatica f. albiflora (Nakai) Kitag. Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 384 (1939).
Prunella asiatica var. albiflora Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 21 (1930).
Prunella asiatica f. lilacina (Nakai) Kitag. Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 384 (1939).
Prunella asiatica f. pilosa Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 21 (1930).
Prunella japonica Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 158 (1914).
Prunella vulgaris var. albiflora Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 310 (1915), nom. illeg.
Prunella vulgaris f. albiflora Kudô Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2(2, Bot. No. 1): 308 (1929), nom. illeg.
Prunella vulgaris var. aleutica Fernald Rhodora 15: 185 (1913).
Prunella vulgaris f. candida Yonek. J. Jap. Bot. 80: 329 (2005), nom. illeg.
Prunella vulgaris var. japonica (Makino) Kudô J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 43: 23 (1921).
Prunella vulgaris f. leucocephala K.Ohashi, H.Ohashi & Yonek. J. Jap. Bot. 86: 371 (2011).
Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 221 (1948), nom. illeg.
Prunella vulgaris f. lilacina Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 192 (1921), nom. illeg.
Prunella vulgaris var. nanhutashanense S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 8: 136 (1975).
Prunella vulgaris f. taiwanalpina T.Yamaz. Fl. Japan 3a: 299 (1993).
Prunella vulgaris var. taiwaniana T.Yamaz. Fl. Japan 3a: 299 (1993), nom. illeg.
Prunella vulgaris var. taiwaniana S.S.Ying Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 25: 98 (1985).
Prunella vulgaris var. yezoensis Kudô J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 43: 23 (1921).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prunella asiatica Nakai	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunella asttica Nakai	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Prunella vulgaris L. subsp. asiatica (Nakai) H. Hara	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunella vulgaris L. subsp. asiatica (Nakai) Hara	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Prunella vulgaris L. subsp. asiatica Hara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Prunella vulgaris Linne var. lilacina Nakai	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Prunella vulgaris Linné var. lilacina Nakai	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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