Hydrangea and Podocarpus are two seemingly similar groups, they are widely cultivated everywhere, so people often confused.
Look at the picture below and you're dizzy, right?
I'll tell you from the rest of the day!
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Simple distinction
The reason why Hydrangea and Podocarpus look like each other is that natural selection has existed for a long time.
If you want to distinguish Hydrangea from Podocarpus, look at the inflorescence.
The inflorescence with four lobes is Hydrangea, and the inflorescence with five lobes is Podocarpus.
The inflorescence of European pods is five lobed, not to the bottom
Most species of Hydrangea are from China, but the most common cultivated species of Hydrangea is hydrangea. Although it has a long history of cultivation in China, it may have been introduced to China from Japan.
In fact, it is possible that Ziyang flower was the ancient name of Ziyang flower in China, and it may refer to Qionghua or similar species of Podocarpus in ancient times.
Hydrangea rugosa
Europeans discovered Hydrangea in China, and after it was introduced back to China, they developed their own strains with Japan.
In addition to Hydrangea, the common cultivated species and strains are Hydrangea coniformis (strains) native to China, Hydrangea Quercus (strains) native to the United States, Hydrangea dendriformis (strains), etc.
Hydrangea cone
Hydrangea Quercus
Hydrangea
All the sterile flower species are also distributed in China.
The more widely distributed species in China is its subspecies, viz.
Most of the cultivated plants are European Podocarpus with yellow anthers, and the flowers with purple anthers rarely appear.
Qionghua
Qionghua and its variant Hydrangea (Hydrangea) have a long history of cultivation in China. As a famous traditional Chinese flower, Qionghua and Hydrangea are still popular today. However, compared with European Hydrangea, they are less cold resistant and less cultivated in North China;
The biggest difference between the two species is the leaf shape. The leaves of Qionghua and Hydrangea are oval with small serrations. The leaves are palmately three lobed with irregular coarse teeth.
Fentuan (fentuanjiao) and butterfly xizhuhua are two other pairs of sterile flowers. The name of butterfly xizhuhua is very vivid. Its sterile flower is not centrosymmetric, but axisymmetric. It looks like a fertile flower surrounded by a white butterfly.
Butterflies playing with pearls
Can we roughly distinguish Hydrangea from Qionghua? Next, a big clutter map for you to test!
Chicken tree stick
Flower and fruit stage
American fans
Snowball in Europe
Flat top Hydrangea
Dongling Hydrangea (late flowering)
Hydrangea arborea bellaana
Hydrangea purpurea
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