Uncommon hydrangea relatives are blooming in a botanical garden

in hive-174578 •  5 years ago 

Hydrangea alternifolia
Synonym: Cardiandra alternifolia
Family:Hydrangeaceae

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Hydrangea alternifolia is an herbaceous plant endemic to Japan. It has decorative flowers with 3(-4) white or pink petal-like sepals(sterile florets)in the cluster. The normal flowers have 5 white petals each 3mm long.
The shape of the flower buds are round and it has a red lines with color white combination which makes it looks so cute...

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