Xiaobian wants to tell you that goldfish grass and Ipomoea lobata belong to goldfish grass, but they are different kinds of plants. Some varieties of goldfish grass are very similar to Ipomoea lobata, so there will be flower friends confused.
Perennial erect herbs, sometimes lignified at the base of stem, up to 80 cm high. Stem base glabrous, middle and upper glandular hairy, base sometimes branched. Leaf blade glabrous, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, 2-6 cm long, entire.
Raceme terminal, densely covered with glandular hairs; pedicel 5-7 mm long; calyx nearly equal to pedicel, 5 deep split, lobes ovate, obtuse or acute; corolla of various colors, from red, purple to white, 3-5 cm long, base extending into a pocket at the front and bottom, upper lip erect, wide, 2-half split, lower lip 3-lobed, raised from the middle to the upper lip, closing the throat, making the corolla false; 4 stamens The top 2.
Goldfish hanging orchid, also known as Goldfish Flower, kangaroo hanging orchid, kangaroo flower, hanging goldfish, etc. Perennial herbaceous plant of goldfish in Gesneriaceae, with semiwoody base. The stem is inclined, 20-40cm long, green in tender stem and reddish brown in old stem; single leaf, opposite, ovate, about 3-4cm long, apex is sharp, fleshy, the surface of the leaf is thick green, and the back is red near the main vein.
The flower is solitary in the axil of the leaf, about 2-3cm long, 5 sepals, the Corolla is labiate, the lower part is expanded, the apex is 5-cleft, orange red, the lobes are yellow, the lobes are red; the stamen is inserted on the petal, the anther is adhered; the pistil is one. Capsule, similar to Scrophulariaceae.
Although there are varieties of goldfish grass with flowers like small goldfish, the Ipomoea lobata is the original species of small goldfish. So, see the fleshy leaves, green, flowers like small goldfish, is Ipomoea lobata. The leaves are long and thin, and the flowers are of different shapes, just like goldfish grass.
