Family | Hydrangeaceae |
Scientific name | Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunberg) Seringe var. megacarpa Ohwi |
Synonyms | Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunberg) Seringe subsp. yezoensis (Koidzumi) Kitamura; Hydrangea serrata (Thunberg ex Murray) Seringe var. megacarpa (Ohwi) H. Ohba |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo-ajisai [ezo hydrangea (ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Japan Sea side) |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
Description | Plants 1-1.5m. Leaves 10-17cm. Flowers white, pale red, purple or blue, flowering in June to August. Deciduous. Shrub. |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
June 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |