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Difference between lavender and Verbena

Marie Schrader
2020-08-18 09:04:09
Leaves: lavender is vertical, covered with fluff, the old branches are grayish brown, with strip peeling cortex, and the leaves are strip; Verbena has single leaf opposite, oval, hard hair on both sides. Flowers: lavender flowers gather into intermittent inflorescences at the top of branches, bracts are rhomboid and ovate, purple and fragrant. The flowers of Verbena are terminal or axillary spikes, blue and purple.

Family differences

Lavender family

Lavender is the angiosperm, dicotyledonous plant, chrysanthemum, labiata, lavender is a kind of subshrub or bush.

The family and genus of Verbena

Verbena is a kind of perennial and upright herbaceous plant in the plant kingdom, including dicotyledons, sympantha, tubulofloweriae, Verbenaceae, Verbenaceae, Verbenaceae and verbena.

The difference between lavender and verbena

Shape

The shape of lavender

The stem of lavender grows upright, covered with fluff, the old branch is grayish brown, with strip like peeling cortex on it.

Lavender leaves: the leaves are strip-shaped or lanceolate, and the edge of the leaves is curled, covered with gray star like villi.

Flowers: lavender flowers in the form of cymes at the top of the branches gathered into intermittent inflorescences, bracts rhomboid ovate, purple flowers, fragrance.

The shape of Verbena

Verbena leaves: its single leaf is opposite, presents the egg shape or the long egg shape, both sides have the hard hair to cover, under the vein has the very dense hair to cover.

Flowers: Verbena flowers are terminal or axillary spikes, corolla is two lips, the overall color is blue and purple.

The difference between lavender and verbena

Region of origin

The origin of lavender

Lavender originated in France and Italy, south of the Mediterranean coast of the southern foothills of the Alps, has been all over the Mediterranean and Black Sea coastal areas, and China is mainly produced in Xinjiang.

The origin of Verbena

Verbena is mainly originated in Europe, often growing in high altitude roadsides, hillsides, streams and other places, in China's Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu and other areas are distributed growth.

The difference between lavender and verbena

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