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The difference between Ranunculus ternatus and Orthosiphon aristatus, teaching you to quickly tell the two apart

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Plant distinction: Ranunculus ternatus grows about 5 to 20 cm tall; Orthosiphon aristatus grows about 1 to 1.5 m tall. Leaf distinction: the former's leaves are 5 to 40 mm long; the latter's leaves are about 1.2 to 5.5 cm long. Fruit distinction: the former's fruit is about 6 mm in diameter; the latter's fruit is 2 mm long.

I. Differences in the plant

Ranunculus ternatus is an annual herbaceous plant, about 5 to 20 cm tall, with many fleshy spindle-shaped small tuberous roots at the base, rather hard, shaped like a cat's claw, 3 to 5 mm in diameter.

Orthosiphon aristatus is a perennial herbaceous plant, about 1 to 1.5 m tall, with a four-angled stem.

II. Differences in the leaves

The leaves of Ranunculus ternatus are broadly ovate to roundly reniform, 5 to 40 mm long and 4 to 25 mm wide; the leaves are relatively small, and the leaves growing from the stem have no petioles.

The leaves of Orthosiphon aristatus are rhombic-ovate, about 1.2 to 5.5 cm long and 0.8 to 3.5 cm wide, with relatively sparse rounded teeth along the leaf margins.

III. Differences in the fruit

The fruit of Ranunculus ternatus is spherical, about 6 mm in diameter, and the fruit ripens from April to July.

The fruit of Orthosiphon aristatus is ovate, 2 mm long and 1.6 mm wide, and its flowering and fruiting period is around May to November.

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