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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrangea quercifolia
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea quercifolia
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hydrangea quercifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrangea quercifolia
COMMON NAME:
Oakleaf Hydrangea
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2374_h_quercifo
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_quercifolia_3
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_quercifolia_5
May
Inflorescence a panicle, more than 20 large sterile flowers borne throughout, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_quercifolia_1
June
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JK Marlow jkm080705_007
July Swain County NC
Roadside
Sterile flowers' greatly enlarged sepals begin white, turning pink-purplish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150827_926
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves oak-shaped with 4-6 lobes and irregularly pointed-toothed margins, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150827_927
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Paul Thompson psthydrangea_quercifolia
September?
Brown woolly pubescence on stems, buds, petioles, & veins on leaf undersides. — Clemson Extension
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JK Marlow jkm0511e_31
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s051114_b
November Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrangea quercifolia
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea quercifolia
FAMILY
Hydrangeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hydrangea quercifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrangea quercifolia
709
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Native in hammocks, moist forests, also in disturbed areas, thickets, or forests adjacent to urban or suburban areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA, waifs in the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx (in bisexual flowers)/ 4-lobed calyx (in sterile flowers)
5 petals (in bisexual flowers)/petals absent (in sterile flowers)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual or sterile
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p346
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p082
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p246
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p115
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p110
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p064
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p221
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p110
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p140
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p162
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