The difference between jasmine and forsythia

1. Difference of blades

The leaves of Forsythia are opposite, trifoliate, and the leaflets are ovate or elliptical with curled edges. The midrib is slightly concave on the upper side and convex on the lower side. The terminal leaflets are larger, about 1-3 cm long and 0.3-1.1 cm wide. It has hair on both sides when it is young, but only eyelashes on the leaf margins when it is old.

The leaves of Forsythia are simple or 3-lobed to trifoliate, ovate or broadly ovate, wider than the former, about 2-10 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, with serrated edges and glabrous on both sides.

2. Differences in corolla

Forsythia grows solitarily in the leaf axils of last year's branchlets. The bracts are lanceolate, ovate or elliptical, the calyx is slight, the corolla is yellow, and the corolla tube has 5-6 lobes, which are oblong or elliptical. The flowering period is June.

Forsythia flowers are usually solitary or 2 to several are grown in the leaf axils. The corolla is yellow and the lobes are obovate-oblong or oblong. The flowering period is March-April.