What is the difference between nine-headed grass and nine-headed lion grass?

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

Leaf differences: Hydra leaves are single and opposite, linear-lanceolate or linear; Hydra leaves are oval and oblong, with gradually pointed tips and blunt bases. Flower differences: Hydra flowers are in raceme cymes, and the petals are white, light pink or light yellow; Hydra flowers are in terminal or axillary inflorescences, and the flowers are pink or purple.

1. Differences in leaves

Hydrophylla has single opposite leaves, clustered at the base, linear-lanceolate or linear, 3 to 9 cm long and 1 to 4 cm wide. The base hugs the stem, the leaves are entire, and there are short hairs on both sides of the leaves, and there are more hairs on the leaf edges.

Nine-headed lion The grass leaves are oval and oblong, 5 to 12 centimeters long and about 2.5 to 4 centimeters wide. The tops of the leaves are gradually pointed, and the bases are blunt or sharp.

Two , Flower differences

The flowers of Hydra are solitary in the leaf axils. The small pedicels are 6 to 24 mm long. The calyx is tubular, green or purple, and the petals are 5, white, light pink or Light yellow, strip-shaped.

Nine-headed lion The grass inflorescence is terminal or axillary and consists of 2 to 8 cymes. The corolla is pink or purple and 2.5 to 3 cm long.

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