Agrimony and water avens should be compared using compound leaves, flowers and fruit. Check botanical labels and keep a visual comparison separate from claims about edible uses.
1. Different leaves
Dragon teeth are usually 3-4 pairs of small leaves, which are overwhelmed or oval.It is about 1.5-5 cm in length and about 1-2.5 cm wide. The top is slightly rounded and dull at the top. The base becomes a wide wedge-shaped in the later stage.
The leaves of the water bayberry are thin, and the shape is more slender compared to the former.The top of the top gradually becomes tip, the base is close to the round, and the edges are full.
The difference between flowers
The inflorescence of the dragon grass is spikes, and the bracts usually have 6 deep cracks, band -shaped cracks, 5 sepals, which are triangular ovate. The color of the petals is yellow and the shape is long and round.
The inflorescence of water bayberry is head shape, the bracts are linear or linear stick -shaped, the corolla has 5 cracks, a triangular crack, and the color is purple -red.
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