The difference between Gastrodia elata and Gastrodia elata

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1. Differences between plants

2. The difference between flowers

Plant differences: Gastrodia elata is 150 to 200 centimeters tall, with long rhizomes and gray-brown stems; Gastrodia elata plants are 30 to 100 centimeters tall, with thick rhizomes and oval shapes. Flower differences: Gastrodia elata has yellow-green flowers, oblong and oval petals; Gastrodia elata racemes, orange-yellow, yellow-white flowers.

1. Plant differences

Gastrodia elata plants are 150 to 200 cm tall, with rhizomes and thick stems, oval or nearly dumbbell-shaped, 8 to 12 cm long and 3 to 7 cm in diameter. , the stems are gray-brown with white stripes.

The Gastrodia elata plant is 30 to 100 centimeters tall, sometimes reaching 2 meters. Its rhizome is thick, tuber-shaped, oval or nearly dumbbell-shaped, fleshy, 8 to 12 centimeters long, and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameter, sometimes more big. The stems are upright, orange, yellow, gray-brown or blue-green in color, without green leaves.

2. Flower differences

The flowers of Gastrodia elata are yellow-green, nearly upright, and the petals are oblong and oval, 6 to 7 mm long and 3 to 4 mm wide.

Gastrodia elata Racemes, 5 to 30 cm long. There are 30 to 50 small flowers in the inflorescence. The bracts of the flowers are oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, membranous, and the flowers are twisted. The flowers are orange, yellow-white, blue-green or light yellow.

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