The difference between sweet peas and snow peas

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

3. Differences in fruits

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Leaf differences: Sweet pea leaves are oblong or oval in shape; Snow pea leaves are oval in shape with small teeth on the lower edge of the leaves. Flower differences: sweet pea flowers are solitary or arranged in racemes, with white or purple flowers; snow pea flowers are white or purple, and flowers are arranged in racemes. Differences in fruit: Sweet pea pods are oblong, while snow pea pods are oblong or oblate.

1. Differences in leaves

1. Differences in leaves

Sweet bean leaflets are oblong or oval, about 3 to 5 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, and entire.

Snow pea leaves It has 4 to 6 leaflets, heart-shaped, with fine teeth on the lower edge of the leaves. The leaflets are oval, 2 to 5 cm long, 1 to 2.5 cm wide, and entire.

2. Flower differences

Sweet pea flowers are solitary or arranged in 1 to 3 axillary racemes, and the corolla is white or purple.

The flowers of snow peas are white or purple Red, solitary or 1 to 3 flowers arranged in racemes.

3. Fruit differences

The pods of sweet beans are oblong, about 5 to 10 centimeters long. There is a paper lining inside the pod. The seeds are round, usually 2 to 10, green in color.

The pods of snow peas are oblong Shape or oblate, the seeds are round, cylindrical, oval or oblate, each pod has 2 to 10, mostly green.

2. The difference between flowers

3. Differences in fruits

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