Hydrangea zhewanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to China.
| Hydrangea zhewanensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Genus: | Hydrangea |
| Species: | H. zhewanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrangea zhewanensis P.S.Hsu & X.P.Zhang
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Description
editHydrangea zhewanensis is a small shrub, which may be deciduous or evergreen, growing up to 0.7-1.5 m in height. Branchlets are brownish, densely pubescent when young. Bark peels off into fragments. Flowers are blue, oblong-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. Flowers grow in clusters, usually comprising small, fertile and also more showy sterile flowers.[1] Seed capsules are oblong-ovoid, measuring about 3 mm in diameter. Seeds are brown, ellipsoid to oblong, compressed, measuring between 0.5 and 0.7 mm, shortly winged at both ends.
Flowers June to July, fruits October to November.[2]
Habitat
editSparse forests or thickets along stream banks in valleys or on mountain slopes, from 600 to 1500 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Hydrangea aff. zhewanensis | /RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ a b "Hydrangea zhewanensis in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
External links
edit- Hydrangea zhewanensis at efloras.org.
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