The Difference Between Wild Mugwort and Mugwort

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

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Leaves: The former is papery with pubescence on it, which will fall off later. The latter is made of thick paper with hairs on both sides that will not fall off. The shapes of the leaves are also different. Flowers: The former flower head is oval or oblong, purple-red. The latter's flower head is oval and purple.

1. Differences in leaves

1. Differences in leaves

The leaves of wild mugwort are papery, green above, with dense white glands and small pits. They are pubescent in the early stage and fall off to hairless in the later stage. The basal leaves and the leaves at the lower part of the stem are broadly ovate or nearly round, with two pinnate or full lobes or the first full lobes and the second deep lobes. The middle leaves are ovate, nearly round or oblong. The second ring is fully pinnate or the second ring is deeply divided.

Mugwort leaves It is thick paper with hairs on both sides. The basal leaves have long stalks and wither during the flowering period. The leaves in the lower part of the stem are nearly round or broadly ovate, pinnately deeply lobed, and the middle leaves are ovate, triangular ovate or nearly rhombus-shaped, once pinnately deeply lobed and then half-lobed.

2. The difference between flowers

Mugwort has an inflorescence head, oval or oblong, the female flower corolla is narrow tube-shaped, purple-red in color, the hermaphrodite flower corolla is tubular-shaped, and the eaves are purple-red.

Mugwort is also The flower head is oval, the female flower corolla is narrow tube-shaped and purple in color, the hermaphroditic flower corolla is tube-shaped or goblet-shaped, and the eaves are purple.

2. The difference between flowers

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