The difference between gorgonians and lotus seeds in detail

1, lotus seeds: is the water lily family perennial aquatic plant lotus mature seeds, mainly produced in Hunan, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places, to the seeds harvested in the fall into medicine, raw. Gorgon fruit for water lily family annual aquatic herb gorgonian mature seed kernel, mainly produced in shandong, anhui, jiangsu and other places, to the late fall and early winter harvested seed kernel into medicine, raw or fried.

2, gorgonian: annual large aquatic herb. Submerged leaves arrow-shaped or elliptic reniform, both surfaces unarmed; petiole unarmed; floating leaves leathery, elliptic reniform to rounded, peltate, with or without curved notch, entire, purpleish below, pubescent, both surfaces in the veins branching sharp spines; petiole and pedicel stout, flower length of about 5 centimeters; sepals lanceolate, purple on the inner surface, the outside densely slightly curved stiff spines; petals rectangular-rounded or lanceolate, purplish-red, arranged in several whorls, tapered inward into stamens; no style. into stamens; style absent, stigma red, into a concave stigma disk. Berry globose, 3-5 cm in diam., purplish red, outside densely spiny; seeds globose, more than 10 mm in diam. Flowering in July-August, fruiting in August-September.