The difference between peony and peony teaches you to distinguish between the two.

Many friends can't tell the difference between peony and peony. Here we introduce the difference between peony and peony and teach you how to distinguish peony from peony.

Difference between Paeonia lactiflora and Peony

I. A brief introduction to Paeonia lactiflora

Peony alias will leave, from the grass, for Ranuncula, Ranunculaceae, Paeonia lactiflora perennial herbaceous flowers. Roots stout, branched dark brown. Paeonia lactiflora plants develop in stages with the change of climate rhythm in a year. It is mainly characterized by the alternation of growth period and dormancy period. In the northeast, it is distributed under the hillside grassland and forest at an altitude of 480,700m, and in other provinces, it is distributed in the hillside grassland at an altitude of 1000-2300 m.

Second, the brief introduction of peony

Tree peony is a perennial deciduous shrub of Ranunculaceae and Paeoniae. Beautiful flower color, jade smile and pearl fragrance, elegant and unrestrained, magnificent, known as "king of flowers" reputation. In the cultivation type, it can be divided into hundreds of varieties mainly according to the color of the flowers. "there are many varieties and colors of peony, with yellow, green, flesh red, crimson and silver red as the top grade, especially yellow and green. Peony flowers are large and fragrant, so they are also known as "national color and heavenly fragrance".

III. The difference between the two

The biggest difference between peony and peony is:

1. Distinguish from branches or stems: peony is shrub and woody stem, while peony is perennial herb and leathery.

2. distinguish from the leaves: the peony leaves are broad and thick, the adaxial green is slightly yellow, and the peony leaves are narrow and thin.

3. Distinguish from the flowers: peony flowers are planted at the top of flower branches, and the flower diameter is generally about 20 cm, while the diameter of peony flowers in solitary branch tip or near apical leaf axil is 15 cm.

The difference between peony and peony:

1. The most fundamental difference: peony is a woody plant that can grow up to 2 meters tall, and peony is not more than 1 meter short (persistent root tuber) herbaceous plant.

2. Flowering period: the flowering stage of peony is earlier than that of peony. Peony usually blossoms in mid-late April, while peony blossoms in the first and middle of May. The difference in florescence between the two is about 15 days, commonly known as "angry peony". Peony blossoms in late spring and March, and peony blossoms in late spring and early summer, so it is said that Grain Rain looks after peony three times and the Beginning of Summer looks after peony three times.

3. Flower shape: peony flowers grow at the top of flower branches, and many flowers are terminal. The flower diameter is generally about 20 cm, and some can reach 30 cm; while the peony flower is one or more branches terminal or axillary, the flower diameter is about 15 cm, and the flower blossoms about a month later than the peony, so it is said that "Grain Rain looks at peony, the Beginning of Summer looks at peony".

4. Leaves: the peony leaves are broad, alternate, the front is green and the reverse side is slightly yellow, glabrous, the back is powdered, while the peony is a simple leaf near the flower, the leaves are narrow and glossy, both sides are dark green and the leaves are denser.

5. Culm: the stem of peony is woody, which is a perennial shrub, and the aboveground part of the peony does not die after falling leaves, so the peony is also known as "wood peony"; the stem of peony is herbaceous, perennial herbaceous flowers, and the aboveground part dies after falling leaves. Therefore, Paeonia lactiflora is also known as "boneless flower" (perennial flowers, perennial herbs, the aboveground parts withered at the end of autumn and early winter, and the underground rhizome can still grow new plants in the second year, this kind of flower is called "boneless flower").

6. Peony is more colorful than Paeonia lactiflora.

7. Peony is called the king of flowers. Peony is called flower phase.