The difference between purple-leaf barberry and red-flowered barberry

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

Leaf differences: The leaves of purple-leaf barberry are rhombus-ovate, with a yellow-green surface, gray-white back, and hairless on both sides. The leaves of the red flower tree are oval, with slightly coarse hairs on the top, dark green when dry, and star hairs on the bottom. Difference in flowers: The flowers of purple-leaf barberry are yellow, while the flowers of red-flowered barberry are red and more numerous than the former.

1. Leaf differences

The leaves of Purple Barberry are rhombus-ovate, with a blunt apex, a short stalk at the base, and an entire edge. The surface is yellow-green, the back is gray-white, and both sides All hairless. The leaves of the red flower tree are oval, with a sharp apex, a blunt base, slightly coarse hairs on the top, dark green when dry, and gray-white starry hairs on the bottom.

2. The difference between flowers

Purple Barberry leaves have 2-5 flowers forming a nearly clustered umbel-shaped inflorescence. The perianth is yellow and the petals are oblong-ovate. The red flower tree has 3-8 flowers in clusters, the color of the flowers is red, the bracts are linear, the calyx tube is cup-shaped, and the petals are 4 and ribbon-shaped.

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