Different appearance

Leaves: the leaves of the first plant are alternate, showing the shape of lobes triangle, and there are small and irregular serrations on the edge. The leaves of the second plant are rhombic or oval, and the base is wedge-shaped

Flowers: maybe the difference between leaves is not very good-looking. Let's look at their flowers. The former has smaller flowers and five petals; The flowers of the latter are relatively larger. The shape of the flowers is bell shaped and solitary. There are also some differences in their colors. The color of the first plant is relatively single. Generally speaking, there are only pink and pink. The colors of another plant are richer, including pure white, pink, light purple, purplish red and so on

Different nicknames

They have different aliases. The first has Linglong hibiscus, mini hibiscus, yulinglong and other titles; The second plant is called kapok, wattle and so on (I think it's still the alias of little Hibiscus)

Different genera

The first is the South African sunflower and hibiscus family, and the second is hibiscus and hibiscus family. This may be the most fundamental difference between them. After all, the difference of species determines that they have different properties

Different distribution areas

Let's start with their respective origin. Although they are all originated from the tropical or subtropical regions of the African continent, their distribution areas will be different after they are introduced into our country. The first species is mainly distributed in Shandong Province, Zhejiang Province and Anhui Province; The second plant is much more widely distributed, not only in the northeast and northwest, but also in almost all provinces and cities. I won't list them one by one here