The difference between wood sorrel and red wood sorrel

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1. Differences in plants:

2. Differences in leaves:

3. Differences in flowers:

Plant classification: The stems of wood sorrel are upright or creeping, and the rhizomes are thick. The red flower sorrel is an upright herb with no underground stems. Differentiation of leaves: wood sorrel is basal or alternate on the stem; red wood sorrel has basal leaves and long petioles. Flower distinction: the former has a shorter calyx and the petals are yellow, while the latter has a longer calyx and the petals are lavender.

1. Differences in plants:

Some wood sorrel stems grow upright, and some grow crookedly on the ground. They look slender and weak, the rhizomes are slightly thick, and the stems can branch out in multiple stages.

Red sorrel is an upright perennial herb with no stems on the ground.

< img src="/huoche/2024041404430029357.jpeg" title="Red-flowered wood sorrel plant" alt="Red-flowered wood sorrel plant" border="0" />

2. Differences in leaves :

Oxalis leaves are basal or alternate on the stem. The petioles are 1-13 cm long. The leaflets seem to be inverted heart-shaped. Both sides of the leaves are covered with soft hairs or no hairs, but along the edges The small hairs on the leaf veins are dense.

Since red sorrel has no above-ground stems, its leaves are basal and the petiole is long, with the petiole being 5-30 cm or longer.

< img src="/huoche/2024041404430029359.jpeg" title="Red sorrel leaves" alt="Red sorrel leaves" border="0" />

3. Differences in flowers :

The lower sepals of wood sorrel flowers are shorter, 3 to 5 mm long, and the petals are yellow in color.

The sepals under the red sorrel flowers are relatively long, about 4 to 7 mm long, and the petals are lavender or even deeper to purple-red.

< img src="/huoche/2024041404430129361.jpeg" title="Red Oxalis Flowers" alt="Red Oxalis Flowers" border="0" />

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