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



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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image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2374_h_quercifo

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_quercifolia_3

May        

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_quercifolia_5

May        

Inflorescence a panicle, more than 20 large sterile flowers borne throughout, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_quercifolia_1

June        

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

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).

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

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).

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm150827_927

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

Paul Thompson    psthydrangea_quercifolia

September?        

Brown woolly pubescence on stems, buds, petioles, & veins on leaf undersides. — Clemson Extension

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm0511e_31

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea

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

 

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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

 

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