There is not much difference between cosmetic appearance of cosmos and gerbera, but their main difference lies in different attributes, different heights, different flowering periods, different flower colors, cosmos is a kind of gerbera, gerbera is a general term for a class of flowers, there are more species, in addition, cosmos mainly blooms in the summer, while gerbera is usually bloomed in late spring.

1, different attributes

Cosmos and gerbera are similar in appearance, but they belong to different kinds of flowers and plants, the difference between cosmos and gerbera is that the attributes are different, cosmos is a specific kind of flowering plants, and gerbera is a kind of flowers in general, the main common cosmos, gerbera is a kind of flowers, and gerbera is a kind of flowers. Commonly, there are mainly cosmos, aster, alpine azalea, etc., cosmos also belongs to a kind of gerbera.

2, different height

Boswellia belongs to the annual or perennial herbaceous plants, the height of the plant can be up to 1 to 2 meters, the root system is fusiform, and the gerbera belongs to the annual or biannual herb, the height of up to 30 to 100 centimeters or so, the stem is upright, the surface of the branch has white hairs, it will look better than the gerbera. It looks shorter than cosmos.

3, the flowering period is different

In addition, their flowering period is also different, cosmos is generally in the summer months of June to August, to September to October into the fruiting period, in the blooming of the main head of solitary inflorescences, the diameter of 3 to 6 centimeters, the bracts lanceolate, and gerbera is mainly in the month of May to October to bloom. The flowers are pilose in the center and slightly pointed at the tip.

4, different colors

The most obvious difference between cosmos and gerbera lies in the difference in flower color, cosmos common flower color is mainly fuchsia, pink, white or yellow, etc., the upper part of the flower for the cylinder, and gerbera's flower color is red, red, blue, blue, yellow or light blue-purple, and so on. It is a hermaphroditic flower.