Hydrangea
Sign in to saveHydrangea ( or ) is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. Hydrangea is also used as the common name for the genus; some (particularly H. macrophylla) are also often called hortensia. The genus was first described from Virginia in North America, but by far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan. Most are shrubs tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
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Hydrangea is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants found naturally in Asia and the Americas, with the greatest variety occurring in eastern Asia. These plants range from shrubs to small trees and climbing vines, and are popular in cultivation for their flowers, particularly the widely grown deciduous varieties in temperate regions.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCornales
- FamilyHydrangeaceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hydrangeaceae
- Named after
- Nicole-Reine Lepaute
- Image
- Hydrangea May 2012-1.jpg
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Life cycle
- Colors and soil acidity
- Species
- Fossil record
- Cultivation and uses
- In culture
- Gallery
- Diseases
- References
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Hydrangea ( or ) is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. Hydrangea is also used as the common name for the genus; some (particularly H. macrophylla) are also often called hortensia. The genus was first described from Virginia in North America, but by far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan. Most are shrubs tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
The flowers of many hydrangeas act as natural pH indicators, producing blue flowers when the soil is acidic and pink ones when the soil is alkaline.