Hydrangea anomala
Hydrangea anomala | |
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Hydrangea anomala | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
Genus: | Hydrangea |
Species: | H. anomala |
Binomial name | |
Hydrangea anomala D.Don | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Hydrangea anomala, the Japanese climbing-hydrangea,[2] is a species of hydrangea native to the woodlands of the Himalaya, southern and central China and northern Myanmar.
It is a woody climbing plant, growing to 12 m height up trees or rock faces, climbing by means of small aerial roots on the stems. The leaves are deciduous, ovate, 7-13 cm long and 4-10 cm broad, with a heart-shaped base, coarsely serrated margin and acute apex. The flowers are, produced in flat corymbs 5-15 cm diameter in mid-summer; each corymb includes a small number of peripheral sterile white flowers 2-3.5 cm across, and numerous small, creamy-white fertile flowers 1-2 mm diameter. The fruit is a dry urn-shaped capsule 3-5 mm diameter containing several small winged seeds.
The closely related Hydrangea petiolaris from eastern Siberia, Japan, and Korea, is sometimes treated as a subspecies of H. anomala; it differs in growing larger (to 20 m) and flower corymbs up to 25 cm diameter. The common name Climbing hydrangea is applied to both species.
Cultivation and uses
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Hydrangea anomala is grown as an ornamental plant, being popular due to its relatively non-aggressive nature.
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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