[Microscopic identification of Herba Dianthi grown in Shandong]

The medicinal materials of four species and two varieties of Herba Dianthi grown in Shandong were identified. The result shows that they are identified easily and accurately according to the outer properties, and they are apparently divided into the Shizhu group, the Qumai group and the Dianthus shandongensis on the basis of their morphological and structural characteristics of the stem and leaf, but they have not obvious distinction among the species of every group.