The leaves at the base of Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae are rosette-shaped, spoon-shaped or oblanceolate spoon-shaped, about 5-18cm long and 2-4cm wide, with short tips or blunt tips, and the base gradually narrows to a wide short handle with serrated edges. The stem leaves are small and numerous, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, and gradually smaller upward, and all the leaves are short and coarse.

Gentiana leaves are opposite, the lower part is scaly, the middle and upper parts are ovate-lanceolate and then linear-lanceolate, about 2-7 cm long and 2-3 cm wide, gradually getting smaller upwards, the apex is acute, the base is heart-shaped or round, the edge is rolled out, the upper part is hairy and the lower part is smooth.

Second, the difference between flowers

Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae is a flower head, which is born at the end of stem or branch. The total bracts are green or purplish red at the upper end, and the flowers are pink or lavender.

Gentiana peanuts are located at the top of branches or axils of leaves. The corolla is blue-purple, and sometimes there are yellow-green spots in the throat, and the flower color is blue.