English: False starwort; Kid Ginseng; Prince Ginseng
Chinese: Hai Er Shen; Tai Zi Shen.
Use: Chinese medicine and herbalism
Region: Southern China.
Content: pseudostellaria aids; lectin.
Botany: herb, perennial; tubers; solitary erect stems, 20 cm; flowers 5 white petals, but some flowers are cleistogamous and lack petals.