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OBJECTIVE：To e stablish and compare HPLC fingerprints of green Forsythia suspensa and grown F. suspensa ，and to conduct cluster analysis and principle component analysis. METHODS ：HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on Hypersil C 18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile- 0.1％ formic acid （gradient elution ）. The detection wavelength was 235 nm and column temperature was 25 ℃ with the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The sample size was 10 μL. HPLC fingerprints of 8 batches of green F. suspensa （Q1-Q8）and 6 batches of grown F. suspensa （L1-L6）were drawn ，with phillyrin as reference；the similarity evaluation was conducted by using Similarity Evaluation System of TCM Chromatographic Fingerprint （2012 edition），and common peak was confirmed. Cluster analysis and principal component analysis were carried out with SPSS 23.0 software. RESULTS ：There were 19 common peaks for green F. suspensa and grown F. suspensa ，among which 6 peaks were identified，i.e. forsythoside A ，rutin，pinoresinol-β-D-glucoside，phillyrin，quercetin and phillygenin ；the similarities of HPLC fingerprints from green F. suspensa and grown F. suspensa were 0.351-0.767；results of cluster analysis showed that green F. suspensa and grown F. suspensa were classified into 4 categories，among which L 1-L6 were clustered into one category ，Q1 was clustered into one category ，Q2-Q6 were clustered into one category ；Q7-Q8 were clustered into one category. The results of principal component analysis showed that the cumulative variance contribution rate of the first three principal components was 83.14％， L1-L6 distribution was close ，Q2-Q6 distribution was close ，Q7-Q8 distribution was close ，and Q 1 distribution was independent ， which was consistent with the results of cluster analysis. CONCLUSIONS ：There were significant differences in the common peaks of fingerprint of green F. suspensa and grown F. suspensa of similarity eraluation ，cluster analysis and principle component analysis，the established HPLC fingerprint can be used for comprehensive evaluation and quality comparison of green F. suspensa and grown F. suspensa .