The difference between North China Pearl Bush and Pearl Bush

1. Difference in appearance

The Pearlwood plant is a shrub in North China, about 3 meters tall, with cylindrical, smooth and hairless branches. It is green when young and turns reddish brown when old. The winter buds are oval, reddish brown, and acute at the tip.

Pearl bush is shorter than the former, about 2 meters, and its branchlets are similar in shape to the former, cylindrical, with short soft hairs, green when young, and dark reddish brown or yellowish brown when old. The winter buds are oval, purple-brown, and rounded at the tip.

2. Difference of blades

The leaves of the Pearl Bush of North China are pinnately compound, with 13-21 leaflets, opposite, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, and the stipules are membranous and linear-lanceolate.

Pearl bush also has pinnate compound leaves, with 11-17 leaflets, which are lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, and the stipules are ovate-lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate.