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Hydrangea zhewanensis

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Hydrangea zhewanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Hydrangea
Species:
H. zhewanensis
Binomial name
Hydrangea zhewanensis
P.S.Hsu & X.P.Zhang

Hydrangea zhewanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to China.

Description

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Hydrangea 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

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Sparse forests or thickets along stream banks in valleys or on mountain slopes, from 600 to 1500 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hydrangea aff. zhewanensis | /RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  2. ^ a b "Hydrangea zhewanensis in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
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