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How to distinguish sunflower from Hawaiian coconut

Hank Schrader
2020-08-21 14:11:12
Habit difference: sunflower likes half shade environment, and is afraid of cold. Hawaiian coconuts like bright environment and have certain cold resistance. Leaf difference: there are many leaves with yellow petioles. Hawaiian coconuts have fewer leaves and no petioles. Flower difference: the flower of anemone is golden yellow and grows under the leaf sheath. Hawaiian coconuts, on the other hand, have pink flowers, which grow in the upper part of the axillary stem.

Distinguish from growth habit

Sunflower like warm and humid, semi cold environment, but afraid of cold, so in the north are indoor maintenance, in the South can be outdoor cultivation. Its seedling growth is slow, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, evergreen all the year round

Hawaiian coconuts like a bright environment, not afraid of the cold, outdoor cultivation, not too much light, to shade.

Distinguish from growth habit

Distinguish from profile features

Anemone, stem: it's yellow green and has green spots on it. Stem smooth, cylindrical, wider at the bottom

Leaves: the leaves of Anemone are luxuriant, evergreen, smooth, thin, hard, bright green, yellow petioles, pinnate growth.

The flower of Anemone grows under the leaf sheath. It is a panicle growing. The flower is small, golden and spirally growing on the rachis of spikelet.

Hawaiian coconut, culm: its culm is like bamboo, there are segments, the nodes are very short, the middle of the stem is empty, but slender, creeping to the stem to grow new buds, and no branches.

Leaves: Hawaiian coconuts have few leaves, dark brown and glossy. They grow on the upper part of the stem, in the shape of feathers, without petioles and straight branches.

The flower of Hawaiian coconut is pink, growing on the upper part of the stem in the axil of the leaf, and the flowering period is from February to March.

Distinguish from the shape characteristics

Well, Xiaobian has told you how to distinguish, long knowledge!

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