Hydrangea bretschneideri
Hydrangea bretschneideri is a flowering plant of the Hydrangea genus, native to most of China.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Genus: | Hydrangea |
| Species: | H. bretschneideri |
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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.
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