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The difference between hibiscus and hollyhock

Jane Margolis
2020-08-18 09:03:57
Can you distinguish Hibiscus from hollyhock? No, let Xiaobian discuss with you the difference between them.

The difference between hibiscus and hollyhock.

The appearance of Hibiscus

Hibiscus is a kind of deciduous shrub plant. Its leaves are rhombic or triangular ovate, with 3-lobes of different depths, and also have obvious three main veins, the top of which is blunt, the bottom is wedge-shaped, the upper edge is distributed with irregular tooth defects, and the lower side is covered with hair.

Hibiscus flowers: hibiscus flowers grow alone in the middle of the axils of the branches and leaves, and the bracts are covered with dense villi.

Calyx is Bell - shaped, covered with dense pubescence.

Hibiscus flowers are bell-shaped as a whole. The color of the flowers is pure white, light pink, light purple, purple and so on. The petals are obovate, covered with small hairs.

Morphological characteristics of Hibiscus syriacus

Shape characteristics of hollyhock

Hollyhock is a kind of biennial upright herb plant, its leaves are round, the lobes are triangular or round, the top is covered with sparse villi, very rough, and the bottom is also covered with villi; stipules are egg shaped, with 3 tips at the top.

Flowers of hollyhock: the flowers of hollyhock are axillary, solitary or clustered, arranged in racemes as a whole, bracts are leaflike, covered with dense bristles, and their bases are connate.

The flowers are very big. They are red, purple, white, pink, yellow and black purple. The petals of hollyhock are in the shape of inverted egg triangle.

Its flowering period is from February to August, and the time is very long.

The difference between hibiscus and hollyhock.

The family and genus of Hibiscus

Hibiscus of Malvaceae is a kind of deciduous shrub, which is a very common shrub flower in the garden, and has great ornamental value.

So in our country all over the distribution of growth.

The family and genus of hollyhock

Malvaceae is a biennial erect herbaceous plant, native to Sichuan, China. It is now planted in East China, central China and other regions.

A family and genus of hollyhocks.

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