What is the difference between vervain and forget-me-not?

Both vervain and forget-me-not flowers are blue-purple and have extremely high ornamental value, so many people cannot tell the difference between vervain and forget-me-not. Let's take a look below.

1. Introduction to vervain

Vervain, a perennial upright herbaceous plant, can reach a height of 120 cm, with a woody base, opposite simple leaves, ovate to long ovate, covered with stiff hairs on both sides, especially dense on the veins beneath. Terminal or axillary spikes, flowers blue-purple, sessile, calyx membranous, tubular, corolla slightly two-lipped, filaments very short; ovary hairless, fruit enclosed within the calyx, a small nutlet. Flowering and fruiting period June-October.

Vervain mostly grows in wild fields; it is native to Europe, and is distributed in most areas of East China, South China and Southwest China. The whole plant is used medicinally, cool in nature, slightly astringent in taste, and has the effects of cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis, promoting menstruation, clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving itching, expelling parasites and reducing bloating.

2. Introduction to forget-me-not

Forget-me-not is a plant of the order Tubiflorae, family Boraginaceae, genus Myosotis. Perennial herb, stem upright, 20-45 cm tall, basal leaves and lower stem leaves petiolate, narrowly oblanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, inflorescence short at flowering, elongated after flowering, corolla blue, nutlets ovate, dark brown, smooth, glossy. The forget-me-not plant is small and elegant, often used to arrange flower beds and flower borders in spring or early summer, can be planted together with bulbous flowers to improve the ornamental effect, and can also be potted for viewing.

Forget-me-not contains relatively many vitamins, can regulate the human body's metabolism, and has good effects on weight loss and beauty. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it mainly has the effects of clearing the liver and improving eyesight and clearing heat and detoxifying, and has very good effects on constipation and skin acne. It has the effects of skin care and beauty, promoting metabolism, can effectively regulate women's physiological problems, has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, skin care and beauty, whitening skin, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and promoting body metabolism, delaying aging and improving immunity, has a certain eliminating effect on freckles and acne, and can effectively regulate women's physiological problems.

Forget-me-not and vervain are both relatively famous ornamental flowers. When they bloom, they are both blue-purple, stirring infinite reverie in people, and can be commonly seen in gardens, parks and other places.