How to identify a blue sarong

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1. Flowers

2. Fruit

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Flowers: Usually blue, the inflorescences are sharply branched and very compact, without bracts. The filaments grow in the middle of the corolla tube and are about 5-6mm long. The length of the corolla is 5-6mm, and the lobes are round with very obvious veins. Fruit: Oval in shape, with a slight depression on the back. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to September, and the length is about 3-4mm.

1. Flowers

1. Flowers

The corollas of blue sarongs are generally blue, and the inflorescences have acute-angled branches, are very dense, extend straight upward, and are cone-shaped without bracts. The filaments are inserted in the middle part of the corolla tube, the length is about 0.5mm, and the length of the corolla is 5-6mm. The length of the calyx is about 2.5-3.5mm, with dense pubescence on the outside. The lobes are egg-shaped or oblong in shape, and the apex is very pointed. The pedicel is 2-3mm long, the corolla is 5-6mm long, and the lobes are round with very obvious veins.

2. Fruit

Its The small nuts are oval in shape, slightly sunken on the back, densely covered with anchor-like spines, and the edge of the anchor-shaped spines are combined at the bottom. The length is 3-4mm. The flowering and fruiting period is usually between May and September.

2. Fruit

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