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Hydrangea peruviana

Botanic Family

Hydrangeaceae

Author

Moricand ex Seringe

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Mexico
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• woodland
• riverside forest
• thickets
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb

Hemi-epiphytic woody evergreen vine, tree or liana with tetragonous tomentose branches. Leathery pubescent leaves 210mm long, serrulate or denticulate, glabrous beneath. Terminal rusty-tomentose cymes to 120mm long with bracts, 25mm white or purple fertile flowers, sepals to 0.5mm, petals to 3mm. Dark pink sterile flowers with petaloid sepals to 9mm long. Red capsule 3mm acrosst, adventitious roots, glabrous serrated leaves, rusty beneath

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• net
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• NAF
• FOPE
• Standley