What are the plants of five-color plum and five-clawed golden dragon?

Introduction to Five-color Plum

Lantana camara, also known as lantana, stinkweed, and seven sisters, is an upright or semi-climbing shrub of the Verbenaceae family. The flowering period is from May to October, with many small flowers densely packed into a hemispherical inflorescence head; the flower color is changeable, yellow or pink when first blooming, then turning into orange or orange-red, and finally red. There are red and yellow in the same inflorescence, so it is called five-color plum, seven-change flower, etc. Its flowers are attractive to butterflies, and when they bloom, many butterflies fly in.

The whole plant of the five-color plum is covered with short hairs and has a strong smell. Leaves are opposite, ovate or cordate. In the warm southern provinces, it can bloom all year round. Although its flowers are small, less than 1 cm in diameter, they are composed of numerous small flowers densely clustered together to form a head inflorescence, which can reach 4 to 5 cm in diameter. Inflorescence is relatively dense. The corolla is tubular, with 4 stamens. There are many varieties of Lantana, with yellow, red, orange, purple and white being the most common colors. Some varieties have mixed colors such as orange and red during flowering. As ground cover ornamental, yellow and purple flower varieties are the most widely used.

Five-clawed Golden Dragon Introduction

Perennial twining herbs, glabrous throughout, with tuberous roots when old. The stem is slender, with fine ridges and sometimes small wart-like protrusions. The leaves are palmately 5-parted or completely divided, with lobes ovate-lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, the middle lobe is larger, 4-5 cm long, 2-2.5 cm wide, the lobes on both sides are slightly smaller, acuminate or slightly obtuse at the apex, with a small short tip, the base is cuneate and gradually narrowed, the margin is entire or irregularly wavy, and the base pair of lobes is usually 2-lobed; the petiole is 2-8 cm long, with small palmately 5-lobed pseudostipules (leaves of axillary short branches) at the base.

The five-clawed golden dragon is a perennial herb of the Tubulales, Convolvulaceae, and Ipomoea batatas genus. It is a perennial twining herb with strong climbing ability. Its leaves are palm-shaped with 5 to 7 cracks. Based on its characteristics and appearance, people call it the five-clawed golden dragon.

The difference and connection between five-color plum and five-clawed golden dragon

The five-color plum is called "five-color plum" because of the color of its flowers, and the five-clawed golden dragon is called "five-clawed golden dragon" because the shape of its flowers resembles a palm, so there is still a big difference between the two names.

Five-color plum can be used as medicine, but it is poisonous. Five-clawed golden dragon can also be used as medicine, but people with cold body are forbidden to take it. Moreover, the wild species of five-clawed golden dragon are invasive vegetation and need to be dealt with. They are a harmful plant. The wild varieties of Prunus armeniaca are not only not harmful, but also very beautiful and are loved by flower lovers.