Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hydrangea arborescens L. Sp. PL 397. 1753
Hydrangea fruiescens Marsh. Arbust. 61. 1785.
Hydrangea viburnifolia Salisb. Prodr. 284. 1796.
Hydrangea vulgaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 268. 1803.
Hydrangea cordata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 309. 1814.
Hydrangea vulgaris cordata Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2 : 205. 1827.
Hydrangea vulgaris carnea Raf. New Fl. 3 : 77. 1836.
Hydrangea acuta Raf, New Fl. 3 : 77. 1836.
Hydrangea glauca Raf. New Fl. 3 : 77. 1836.
Hydrangea rotundifolia Raf. New Fl. 3 : 78. 1836.
Hydrangea heterophylla Raf. New Fl. 3 : 78. 1836.
Hydrangea amplifolia Raf. New Fl. 3 : 78. 1836.
Hydrangea arborescens kanawhana Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Agric. Bxp. Sta. 2 : 363. 1891.
A branching, sometimes straggling shrub, 1-3 m. tall, the twigs and branches of the. infloresence sparingly pubescent ; leaf-blades ovate, oval or elliptic, 0.5-2 dm. long, shortacuminate at the apex, serrate, acute, rounded or cordate at the base, glabrous or sometimes minutely pubescent beneath ; petioles shorter than the blades ; cymes 5-20 cm, broad, usually with few ray-flowers ; hypanthium 2-3 mm. wide at maturity ; sepals minute, triangular ; petals deciduous, concave, ovate, 1-1.5 mm. long; capsule-body 2-2.5 mm. high, prominently ribbed, broader than high.
Type locality : Virginia.
Distribution : New York to Iowa, Florida and Louisiana.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
