Abstract: The fingerprint of Lamiophlomis rotata (Benth.)Kudo and its capsule was established and its equality was evaluated by similarity.There was 23 common peaks of L.rotata and 24 common peaks of its capsule.Similarity of 10 batches of L.rotata was more than 0.85.Ten batches of L.rotata was classified to 4 kinds by chemometrics and the results were same so that it was workable.By comparing with fingerprint of L.rotata and its capsule which was analyzed by the same methods,the results showed most of the medicinal composition of L.rotata were reserved in its capsule.

Key words: Lamiophlomis rotata, capsule of Lamiophlomis rotata, fingerprint, chemometrics, consistency