First, the subject classification is different
1, lobelia chinensis
Also known as Cucurbitaceae, Jixiesuo and Spartina tenuifolia, they belong to Campanulaceae, Campanulaceae, Lobelia and Lobelia.
2. Scutellaria barbata
Also known as Hedyotis paniculata, Hanxincao, Banshanbian and Toothbrush Grass, they belong to Labiatae, Labiatae, Scutellaria and Scutellaria barbata.
Second, the morphological characteristics are different
1, lobelia chinensis
The stems are slender, creeping, rooting at nodes and erect branches. Leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile, elliptic-lanceolate to strip. The upper leaf axils of peanut branches have thin pedicels, glabrous bracteoles, inverted conical calyx tube and pink or white corolla. Capsule obconical, about 6 mm long. Seeds elliptic, slightly compressed, nearly flesh-colored. Flowering and fruiting period may 5- 10/0 month.
2. Scutellaria barbata
The rhizome is short and thick, giving birth to tufted fibrous roots, the stem is erect, quadrangular, unbranched or with more or less branches. Leaf blade triangular-ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, sometimes ovoid. Flowers are solitary in the axils of leaves on the upper part of stems or branches, and those on the lower part of bracts are leaf-like, but smaller, elliptic to oblong, and entire, with hairs scattered on the upper part and scattered along the veins below, and pedicels are puberulent. When the calyx blooms, the outer part is puberulent along the veins, with short hairs on the edges, and the corolla is purple-blue. Nutlets are brown, oblate, about 1 mm in diameter, with small verrucous protrusions. The flowering and fruiting period is from April to July.
Third, the distribution range is different
1, lobelia chinensis
It is distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, southern provinces, and other Asian countries east of India.
2. Scutellaria barbata
Distributed in Argentina, southern Brazil, Uruguay and Chinese mainland.
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