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Hydrangea bretschneideri (Hydrangea bretschneideri)

Description

Hydrangea bretschneideri is a flowering plant of the Hydrangea genus, 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.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Cornales

            • Family: Hydrangeaceae

              • Genus: Hydrangea