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The difference between Lantana and Nanking cherry

Marie Schrader
2020-06-29 14:06:35
Varieties are different: Lantana belongs to Verbenaceae, Lantana, also called seven sisters, shandadan, five color plum, etc.; Nanking cherry belongs to Verbenaceae, Verbena, also called brocade, grass five color plum. The leaves are different: Lantana's leaves are rounder and shorter; Nanking cherry's leaves are longer but narrower. Flowers are different: Lantana belongs to the head; Nanking cherry belongs to the spike.

I. different varieties

Lantana is a kind of plant belonging to the Verbenaceae and Lantana genus. It is an upright or semi trailing shrub, also known as odorous grass, five colored plum, seven sisters, sandadan, Ruyi grass, five colored Hydrangea, chameleon, etc.

Beautiful Nanking cherry belongs to Verbenaceae and verbena. It is a perennial herb. It has a close relationship with the former, so it looks similar, but it does not belong to the same plant. It is also called Verbena, brocade, plum, hydrangea, etc.

The leaves are different.

The leaves of Lantana camara are round, oval or heart shaped, and shorter in length.

Compared with the former, the leaves of Nanking cherry trees are longer, but narrower.

Lantana

The flowers are different.

Lantana belongs to the head inflorescence. The color of the flower changes a lot. It turns yellow or pink at the beginning of opening, and then it turns orange or orange red with growth. The final color is red. Sometimes the same inflorescence has different colors. At the same time, it also has red and yellow. The name comes from it

Lantana

Cherry belongs to spikes, flowers are rich, with deep red, purple, blue, purple, white, pink, etc.

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