OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrangea cinerea   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea cinerea   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hydrangea cinerea

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Hydrangea arborescens var. deamii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hydrangea cinerea

 

COMMON NAME:
Ashy Hydrangea, Southern Wild Hydrangea


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image of Hydrangea cinerea, Ashy Hydrangea, Southern Wild Hydrangea

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyci3_001_lvd

        

image of Hydrangea cinerea, Ashy Hydrangea, Southern Wild Hydrangea

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hydrangea cinerea, Ashy Hydrangea, Southern Wild Hydrangea

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.

image of Hydrangea cinerea, Ashy Hydrangea, Southern Wild Hydrangea

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).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrangea cinerea   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea cinerea   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hydrangea cinerea

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hydrangea arborescens var. deamii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrangea cinerea

 

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707

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests and rock outcrops, roadbanks, perhaps strictly or mostly associated with mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
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
Bisexual or sterile

Inflorescence a corymb

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule

 

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