Hydrangea paniculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
Genus: | Hydrangea |
Species: | H. paniculata
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Binomial name | |
Hydrangea paniculata |
Hydrangea paniculata, or panicled hydrangea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae native to southern and eastern China, Korea, Japan and Russia ( Sakhalin). [2] [3] It was first formally described by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1829. [4]
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad, growing in sparse forests or thickets in valleys or on mountain slopes. [2]
The leaves are broadly oval, toothed and 7–15 cm (3–6 in) long. In late summer it bears large conical panicles of creamy white fertile flowers, together with pinkish-white sterile florets. Florets may open pale green, grading to white with age, thus creating a pleasing “two-tone” effect. [5]
In cultivation it is pruned in spring to obtain larger flower heads. [6]
Numerous cultivars have been developed for ornamental use, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit:- [7]
Those cultivars marked (PBR) are protected by plant breeders' rights from unauthorised propagation.
Other cultivars include:
Hydrangea paniculata is sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide [15][ unreliable source?] present as cyanogenic glycosides. [16]
Hydrangea is derived from Greek, meaning ‘water vessel’, in reference to the shape of the capsules. [17]
Paniculata means ‘with branched-racemose or cymose inflorescences’, ‘tufted’, ‘paniculate’, or ‘with panicles’. This name is about the flowers of this species. [17]
Hydrangea paniculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Hydrangeaceae |
Genus: | Hydrangea |
Species: | H. paniculata
|
Binomial name | |
Hydrangea paniculata |
Hydrangea paniculata, or panicled hydrangea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae native to southern and eastern China, Korea, Japan and Russia ( Sakhalin). [2] [3] It was first formally described by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1829. [4]
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad, growing in sparse forests or thickets in valleys or on mountain slopes. [2]
The leaves are broadly oval, toothed and 7–15 cm (3–6 in) long. In late summer it bears large conical panicles of creamy white fertile flowers, together with pinkish-white sterile florets. Florets may open pale green, grading to white with age, thus creating a pleasing “two-tone” effect. [5]
In cultivation it is pruned in spring to obtain larger flower heads. [6]
Numerous cultivars have been developed for ornamental use, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit:- [7]
Those cultivars marked (PBR) are protected by plant breeders' rights from unauthorised propagation.
Other cultivars include:
Hydrangea paniculata is sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide [15][ unreliable source?] present as cyanogenic glycosides. [16]
Hydrangea is derived from Greek, meaning ‘water vessel’, in reference to the shape of the capsules. [17]
Paniculata means ‘with branched-racemose or cymose inflorescences’, ‘tufted’, ‘paniculate’, or ‘with panicles’. This name is about the flowers of this species. [17]