The difference between phoenix flower and flame flower

Phoenix flowers and flame flowers have different tree heights and leaf shapes.

Phoenix flower generally refers to phoenix wood. It is named after "the leaves are like the feathers of a flying phoenix, and the flowers are like the crested phoenix", also known as Jin Fenghua, Sorbus mandshurica, Fraxinus mandshurica and Sorbus bungeana. It is a deciduous tree of Phoenicia in Leguminosae, with a height of 20 meters. The crown is wide. Bipinnate compound leaves with long oval leaflets. Flowers in summer, racemes, large, red and shiny. Pods are made of wood and can be as long as 50 cm. Phoenix wood is known as one of the most colorful trees in the world because of its bright red or orange flowers and bright green pinnate leaves.

Flammulina velutipes is a shrub of Acanthaceae, and its height can reach 3 meters. The leaves are ovoid to oblong, the tip is gradually pointed, the base is broadly wedge-shaped, the leaves are densely covered with punctate stalactites, smooth and hairless, the back is slightly hairy, the cymes are spike-shaped, terminal, and the pedicels are densely covered with short fluff; Bracts and bracteoles are small; Lobes triangular-lanceolate, densely puberulent; Corolla purple, anther dorsifixed, capsule long, cylindrical and seeded. The flowering period is April-May.