705

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Look for it in forests, esp around rock outcrops & along streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

To see a detailed map, click here

 

...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual or sterile
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx (in bisexual flowers)/3-4 lobed calyx (in sterile flowers)
5 petals (in bisexual flowers)/petals absent (in sterile flowers)
8-10 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p346
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p246
• Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p072
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p063
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p302
• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p084
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p102
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p110
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p140
• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p16
• Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p287

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hydrangea arborescens   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea arborescens   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 094-05-001a:
Hydrangea arborescens ssp. arborescens   FAMILY Saxifragaceae