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The difference between touching incense and peppermint

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, They are indeed somewhat similar, but they can be distinguished in the following ways. First of all, there are genera, incense is longevity grass, and peppermint is mint. Then there is the appearance. Their leaves are different in shape, the former is oval, the latter is lanceolate, or circular lanceolate, and the former is fluffy. Their flowers are also different. The color of the former is mainly white, while that of the latter is mainly lavender. Moreover, the flowers of the former are fragrant. The distribution area is also different, the former mainly grows in Africa and Europe, while the latter is more distributed in China.

1. Generic aspects

They belong to the same plant species of Labiatae, so they will appear somewhat similar. However, their genera are different. The first plant belongs to the genus Pennisetum; the second plant belongs to the mint genus. Because of the difference in this aspect, they are different in many properties, which allows us to distinguish between them.

2. Appearance

(1) leaves: here we mainly talk about the shape of their leaves. The leaves of the first plant are mostly oval, with serrated edges. Most of the leaves of the second plant are lanceolate, or round-lanceolate, and some are slender. Moreover, the first plant has fluff on it, and it is very obvious. You can take a look at their pictures, the first two are touch incense, the last two are mint, it is easy to see.

(2) Flowers: the first is color. Most of the former have white flowers, while the latter mainly have lavender flowers. In addition, the former compared with the latter, its flowers will emit a sweet fragrance, we only look at its name "touch fragrance".

3. Distribution area

The origin of the first species is in the tropics, more in the southwest of Africa, Europe and Asia, and less in China. However, the second plant is mainly in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, and it is widely distributed in our country, and it is planted almost everywhere.

 
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