The difference between gentian and gentian

1. Difference of blades

The leaves at the base of the ground dandelion are rosette-shaped, spoon-shaped or oblanceolate-spoon-shaped, about 5-18 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, with a short tip or blunt tip, gradually narrowing to a broad and short petiole at the base, with serrated edges. The stem leaves are smaller and more numerous, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, gradually getting smaller upwards, and all leaves have short rough hairs.

The leaves of Gentiana are opposite, the lower ones are scaly, the middle and upper ones are ovate-lanceolate and then linear-lanceolate, about 2-7 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, gradually becoming smaller upwards, with an acute tip, a heart-shaped or rounded base, rolled edges, hairy on the upper side and smooth on the lower side.

2. The difference between flowers

The inflorescence of the plant is a capitula, growing on the ends of stems or branches. The bracts are green or purple-red at the top, and the flowers are pink or lavender.

Gentiana flowers grow at the top of branches or in the axils of leaves. The corolla is bluish-purple, sometimes with yellow-green spots on the throat, and the flower color is blue.