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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hydrangea cinerea
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Ashy Hydrangea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea cinerea
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-05-001b:
Hydrangea arborescens ssp. discolor
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hydrangea arborescens var. discolor
COMMON NAME:
Ashy Hydrangea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyci3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0305z_02
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Clusters of small fertile flowers w a few sterile flowers along outer edge, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0305z_05
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Sterile flowers greater than 1cm in diameter, generally 0-3 per inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s050611_d
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Lower leaf surface velutinous, pilose, or tomentose, appearing gray, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
leaves of Hydrangea species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hydrangea cinerea
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea cinerea
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-05-001b:
Hydrangea arborescens ssp. discolor
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hydrangea arborescens var. discolor
707
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA & NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in rocky forests & rock outcrops, roadbanks, perhaps strictly or mostly associated with mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...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!
- 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?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p140
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p16
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p162