Scientific Name
Hydrangea
Common Name
hydrangea

Characteristics

ID hints
Leaves opposite*, toothed
- Often pubescent (or on veins) below
- Leaves often broad elliptic
Inflorescence terminal panicle*
- Sterile flowers enlarged**
"oakleaf hydrangea"
Leaves opposite, pinnately 3-7-lobed*
- Margins remotely serrate
- Brownish to whitish tomentose beneath*

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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