Hydrangea bretschneideri

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Hydrangea bretschneideri
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Hydrangea
Species:
H. bretschneideri
Binomial name
Hydrangea bretschneideri

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

Discovered in the mountains around Beijing, China by Dr. Bretschneider in 1882. Hydrangea bretschneideri is a sturdy, bushy, deciduous scrub with peeling chestnut-brown bark. In the summer its blooms consist of ten or more large white flowers that turn pinkish with age.

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