Lysimachia christinae Hance is not Lysimachia christinae Hance, the two are two completely different plants, the difference between the family and genus is very big, but from the appearance alone, there are some similarities between the two, it is not easy to distinguish.Generally according to the leaves or flowers of the plant to distinguish, although both have medicinal properties, but the role is completely different.
1. Different families and genera: Lysimachia christinae Hance is a perennial herb belonging to Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides of Umbelliferae of Umbelliferae of Apiales, while Lysimachia christinae Hance is a plant belonging to Lysimachiae of Primulaceae of Primulales.
2, the shape is different: most of the copper Lysimachia has hair, the color is mostly white or purple, there are fibrous roots on the stem node.Its leaves are very thin, round kidney-shaped, dark green on the surface, light green on the back, generally palmate, with 5-7 lobes.The edges are irregularly serrated.Its flowers are umbels, mostly axillary, with 25-50 flowers, buds are grass green, and white after opening.Lysimachia is usually glabrous, occasionally sparsely pilose.The ovate leaves are opposite, and the flowers are solitary between the axils of the leaves, with yellow corollas, usually opening in May-July.
3. Different distribution: Herba Desmodii Styracifolii is mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan and other regions of China, usually growing at an altitude of 1060-2900 meters, and easily seen on the grassland beside rivers and ditches and damp roadsides.Lysimachia christinae has a wider distribution range, which can be seen in all parts of the north and south, besides the roadside of the ditch, there are also under the hillside forest.
