Hydrangea bretschneideri

Hydrangea bretschneideri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Cornales
Family:	Hydrangeaceae
Genus:	Hydrangea
Species:	H. bretschneideri
Binomial name
Hydrangea bretschneideri Dippel

Hydrangea bretschneideri is a flowering plant of the Hydrangea genus, native to most of China.

Discovered in the mountains around Beijing, China by Dr. Bretschneider in 1882. The Hydrangea bretschneideri is a sturdy, bushy, deciduous scrub with peeling chestnut-brown bark. In the summer its blooms consist of ten or more large white flowers that turn pinkish with age.

References

• Flora of China: Hydrangea bretschneideri