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Difference between iris and iris

Jesse Pinkman
2020-03-17 11:13:17
The leaves are different: iris leaves are wider, but shorter, and the texture is softer; iris leaves are longer, and the leaves are more straight, and the texture is hard. Flowers are different: iris flowers are larger, petals are oval, stems are longer; iris flowers are smaller, petals are tongue shaped, stems are shorter. Different varieties: the former is artificially domesticated by PLATYPHYLLUM root, while the latter is a variety of iris.

I. different leaves

The leaves of iris are relatively wide, like a broad sword, about 1.5-3.5cm wide, but also shorter, about 15-50cm long. There will be less obvious vertical veins on the leaves. The texture of the leaves is soft. If they are long, they may droop.

The shape of iris' leaves is oval to lanceolate, which is more slender, like strip or narrow sword, with a length of about 50 cm and a width of about 4-6 mm, without obvious midvein. And leaves look more straight, texture feel more hard

The flowers are different.

The flowers of iris are relatively large, about 10 cm in diameter. They look very soft and beautiful. The single petals are oval in shape and have folds on them. Its flower stem is relatively long, about 20 - 40 cm long, the color is purple

Iris flowers are slightly smaller, more concise, single petals are tongue shaped, relatively narrow. Its flower stem is shorter, about 10 centimeters, the variety color is more, the general color is blue and purple

Iris lactea Pall.

3. Different varieties

Although iris is similar to iris, it is not the same plant. Iris is domesticated by bamboo root.

iris

Iris is a variety of iris albopictus. It is also called Ma Lian, Ma Lan, San Jian, Ma Jiu, etc.

Iris lactea Pall.

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