Mirabilis and jasmine have this essential difference, and they don't look alike. Mirabilis is a plant of mirabiliaceae and mirabilis.
Jasmine is also common in our life. It belongs to Oleaceae and jasmine.
Mirabilis jalapa is a kind of plant and flower, its plant type is smaller, the main stem part is relatively upright, the shape is cylindrical, the height is about 50-100cm.
Jasmine is a shrub plant, the plant type is bigger than the former, the main stem has some flat, the highest stem can reach about 3M.
The former leaves are ovate and ovate triangle in shape. The top of the leaves is pointed. The leaves are larger. The length is about 3-15cm, the width is about 2-9cm, and the petioles are longer.
The shape of the latter is round, oval, etc., the top is round or blunt, the leaves are relatively small, the length is about 4-12cm, the width is about 2-7.5cm, the petiole is shorter.
The former flowers in June to October, the flowers for the involucre bell, flower color is more diverse, there are yellow, purplish red, white and so on.
Later florescence is a little earlier, in May August or so, the bracts on the flowers are cone-shaped, relatively small, the color is very single, generally showing white