Hydrangea quercifolia Bertram

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34, Kent Road, Highlands, Harare

Synonyms:
Common names:	Oak-leaved hydrangea (English)
Description:	Branched shrub to 2 m tall; young branches and petioles densely tomentose. Leaves to 30 cm long, circular or elliptic in outline, usually 5-lobed; margin coarsely serrate. Inflorescence up to 25 cm long, a much-branched pyramid cluster; sterile and fertile flowers white. Ovary inferior.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	quercifolia: with leaves like a Quercus (an oak)
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Worldwide distribution:	SE USA
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Sunday 29 January 2017
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 579.

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