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Hydrangea anomala

Botanic Family

Hydrangeaceae

Author

D. Don

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Climbing Hydrangea
• Guan gai xiu qiu (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangzi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang-China
• Bhutan
• Himalayas
• India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Sikkim

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• streamsides
• montane slopes. Leaves have medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• May-Jun (China) Early summer

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Deciduous glabrous twining vine or spreading shrub with terminal cymes or corymbs to 300mm wide of cream fertile flowers to 1.5mm surrounded by 37mm sterile flowers with sepals 22mm x 22mm, climbing shrub with aerial roots, fruit capsule to 4.5mm diameter, serrated leaves

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• JDH
• The Plant list
• Botanicus