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The difference between Shanmei and Pinghua

Marie Schrader
2020-07-17 09:21:19
Branch differentiation: there are dense hairs on the branches of Prunus mume, and the color of the branches is grayish brown; the branches of Taiping are smooth and hairless, and the color is purplish brown. Leaf differentiation: there are dense hairs on the back of the leaf; there are no hairs on both sides of the flower. Flower differentiation: the former has white corolla and long pedicel, while the latter has milky white and short pedicel.

I. different branches

The branches of Prunus mume are densely distributed with small hairs at the beginning, and gradually fall off with maturity. The color of the branches is grayish brown.

The small paper strip of Pinghua is smooth without any hair distribution, and the color is purple brown.

2. The difference of leaves

The leaf shape of Prunus mume is from ovate to ovate long ellipse. There are fine teeth on the edge, sparse short hairs on the front, dense hairs on the back, especially on the veins.

The shape of the leaf blade is oval. There are no hairs on both sides. Sometimes there are clusters of hairs on the back.

Shanmei branch

The difference of flowers

The corolla color of Prunus mume is white, the pedicel is longer, the length is 5 to 10 mm, there are small hairs.

The corolla color is milky white, the pedicel is short, 3 to 6 mm long, glabrous.

Shanmei branch

Taiping Flower

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