How to identify Emei Sizhaohua

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1. Leaves

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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Leaves: leathery or thinly leathery, oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate in shape, bright green above and grey-green below. Flowers: Globular flower heads, composed of about 100 green flowers, with white involucres. Fruit: The infructescence is oblate spherical and purple-red when mature.

1. Leaves

1. Leaves

The leaves of Emei Sizhaohua are opposite, leathery or thinly leathery, oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate in shape, about 5.5-11 cm long and wide. About 2-4 cm. The apex sometimes has a short pointed tail, and the base is broadly wedge-shaped or wedge-shaped. The upper part is bright green with white close-fitting pubescence, and the lower part is gray green with dense pubescence.

II. Flowers

Emei IV The flowers are flower heads, spherical in shape, and formed by the gathering of more than 100 green flowers. There are 4 involucral bracts, the shape is obovate or broadly obovate, and the color is white. There are 4 petals, which are oblong.

3. Fruit

Emei 4 The inflorescence of the flower is oblate and spherical, and is purple-red when mature. The total fruit stalk is thicker and cylindrical. It has coarse hairs when it is young and will gradually fall off to be hairless in the later stage.

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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