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The difference between blue flax and flax

Skyler White
2020-07-16 09:11:16
Leaf difference: Blue flax leaves alternate, the leaves are narrow strip or strip shaped lanceolate, and the whole leaf is involute; the leaves of flax are inverted lanceolate, with a length of 1.5 to 15 cm. Flower difference: Blue flax is a corymb with blue flowers; flax is a corymb with 3 to 10 flowers, and its petals are strip shaped and oblanceolate.

One, leaf difference

The leaves of blue flax are thin and many, arranged in linear spiral shape, alternate, narrow or strip lanceolate, about 8 to 25 mm long, about 3 to 8 mm wide, the whole leaf is involute, the apex is sharp, and the base is gradually narrow.

The leaves are oblanceolate, 1.5 to 11 cm long and 6 to 13 mm wide.

The difference between flowers

Blue flax flowers are mostly, forming cymose inflorescences. The flowers are blue, blue purple and light blue. The diameter of the flowers is about 2cm. The pedicels are long and thin, about 1 to 2.5cm long. The flowers are upright or curved to one side. The petals are usually 5, in obovate shape, 1 to 1.8cm long, with round top and wedge-shaped base.

It has umbels of 3 to 10 flowers, 2 to 11 mm long pedicels, strips of oblanceolate petals, about 6 to 13 mm long and 2 to 3 mm wide.

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