The difference between purple bamboo plum and violet

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1. Different subjects and categories

2. Different leaves

3. Flowers are different

4. Different seeds

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When you see their names, you will accidentally mistake them for the same plant, because the names are so similar. In fact, even if it weren't for the similar names, sometimes when you see the plants themselves, they look different. Many people will be confused and confused. Because there are many similarities in appearance between the two, but there are also many differences. This requires careful observation. What are the specific differences? Let’s find it together.

1. Different subjects and categories

1. Different families

Purple bamboo plum is sometimes called purple commelina, which is a perennial plant in the commelina family. But everyone who knows violet knows that its name is also called grass osmanthus and grass violet. It has quite a lot of names. The family it belongs to is Violet, which is a perennial plant. Looking at it this way, not only the aliases are different, but the family it belongs to is also completely different. It can be seen that they are completely different plants.

2. The leaves are different

Purple Bamboo Plum: Its leaves are usually alternate and similar in shape to lanceolate, with a length of 6 to 13 cm and a width of 6 to 10 mm. The front end of the leaf looks relatively pointed, and the base is clasping the stem. The sheath has many long white eyelashes at the mouth of the sheath. The upper half is dark green, the edge is green-purple, and the lower half is purple-red.

Violet: Its leaf shape is approximately oblong to oblanceolate or spoon-shaped. The length of its petiole is 6 to 14 cm, and its width is 1.2 to 2.5 cm. When viewed from the top, It is blunt or pointed. The color of the leaves is green. By comparing them like this, you can see that there is a big difference between their leaves.

3. The flowers are different

Purple Bamboo Plum: Its flowers are usually grown closely together, with three petals on each flower. The color is usually blue-purple, and the shape is similar to a wide oval.

Violet: It has a large number of flowers and relatively large petals. The color is usually purple red, light red or white. The flower colors are various and its shape is approximately oval.

4. Seeds Different

Purple Bamboo Plum: Its capsule is oval in shape with three raised ridges on it. There are many seeds inside the capsule. Its shape is semicircular and its color is Han brown.

Violet: Its seeds are nearly round in shape, about 2 mm in diameter, relatively flat, dark brown in color, and have white membranous wings on the edges of the seeds. So there is a big difference between the two seeds.

2. Different leaves

3. Flowers are different

4. Different seeds

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