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The difference between water plum and Impatiens

Skyler White
2020-06-29 14:06:35
Different families and genera: water plum is an evergreen shrub of oleander family and upside down crayon; Impatiens belongs to the family of Narcissus and the genus of Impatiens. Different leaves: the edge of water plum is wavy, and the color is relatively light; the leaves of Impatiens are longer, the edge is sharp serrated, and the color is darker. Different flowers: the color of water plum is white; the color of Impatiens is generally red, but also white, pink, purple and so on.

I. different families and genera

Water plum and Impatiens are not a kind of plant in essence, nor are they very similar in appearance. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree of oleander family and upside down pen genus, which is often planted as a hedge plant.

Impatiens is different from the former, it belongs to the family of Narcissus, a plant of Impatiens, also known as acute son, daughter flower, henna and so on.

The leaves are different.

The leaf shape of water plum is lanceolate, the edge of the leaf is wavy, the color is lighter than the latter, similar to grass green.

The leaves of Impatiens are different from those of the former. They are longer. In addition to the lanceolate shape, they are also oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, with sharp serrated edges and a length of about 4-12 cm. The color is darker, showing dark green.

water plum

The flowers are different.

Water plum flower color for white, with five petals, petals and petals between the larger gap.

water plum

The color of Impatiens is generally red, there are also white, pink, purple, not only single petals, but also double petals, the gap between petals and petals is relatively small, close together.

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