The difference between summer solstice grass and motherwort

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

Leaf differences: The outline of the leaves of Summer Solstice grass is round, 1.5 to 2 cm long, the apex of the leaves is rounded, and the base is heart-shaped; the outline of the leaves of Motherwort is oval, and the base is wide wedge-shaped. Flower differences: summer solstice grass has a whorled umbel, about 1 cm in diameter, with white corolla; motherwort has an axillary whorled umbel, spherical in shape.

1. Differences in leaves

The outline of the summer solstice grass leaves is round, 1.5 to 2 cm long, the apex of the leaf is rounded, the base is heart-shaped, with three deep lobes, and the lobes have crenulated teeth. , sometimes the leaves are oval, with 3 shallow or deep lobes, and the lobes are toothless or have sparse crenulate teeth. Both sides of the leaves are green, with soft hairs growing on them.

The lower part of the stem of Motherwort The leaves are oval in outline, wide wedge-shaped at the base, palmately 3-lobed, and the lobes are oblong, rhombus-shaped or oval, usually 2.5 to 6 cm long and 1.5 to 4 cm wide, green above and light green below.

2. Flower differences

Summer solstice grass-shaped umbels, about 1 cm in diameter, with white corolla and faint pink.

The inflorescences of Motherwort are axillary. Verticilliums generally have 8 to 15 flowers, spherical in shape, with a diameter of 2 to 2.5 cm. The flowers form long spikes.

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