紫红莲籽草(qlternanthera purpurea),苋科,莲籽草属植物,目前仅见分布于福建及台湾。它是近年发现的美丽的新草种。紫红莲籽草又称红棕草,多年生。全草深紫红色,经年不变,匍匐生根或倾卧,基部常多分枝。叶交互对生,全缘,头状花序或短穗状花序,腋生或在很短的小枝上顶生;果近圆形,深紫红色。 紫红莲籽草在厦门及其邻近地区的草药摊上称红棕草,民间用于清肺热,治各种内出血 Purple lotus seed grass (qlternanthera purpurea), Amaranthus, lotus genus, at present only seen in Fujian and Taiwan. It is a beautiful new grass species found in recent years. Purple lotus seed grass, also known as red-brown grass, perennial. The whole plant deep purple, unchanged year after year, creeping root or lying, the base often branched. Leaves alternate opposite, entire, capitate or short spikes axillary or terminal on very short twigs; fruit suborbicular, purplish red. Purple lotus seed grass in Xiamen and its neighboring areas of the herbaceous stands, said the red-brown grass, civil for Qingfei heat, cure a variety of internal bleeding