Hydrangeaceae
Wild hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Genus
- Hydrangea
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- هدرانج شجيري, الكونبية المشجرة
- arz
- هدرانج شجيرى
- Azerbaijani
- Ağacvari hidrangeya
- Bulgarian
- Дървовидна хортензия
- Chinese
- 树状八仙花, 樹狀八仙花, 树状绣球, 乔木绣球, 雪山八仙
- Czech
- Hortenzie stromkovitá
- Dutch
- Sneeuwbal
- English
- Wild hydrangea
- Estonian
- Puishortensia
- Finnish
- Pallohortensia
- German
- Wald-Hortensie, Schneeballhortensie
- Hungarian
- Cserjés hortenzia
- Latvian
- Kokveida hortenzija
- Lithuanian
- Šviesioji hortenzija
- Polish
- Hortensja krzewiasta
- Russian
- Гортензия древовидная
- Swedish
- Vidjehortensia
Synonyms
- Hydrangea acuta Raf.
- Hydrangea amplifolia Raf.
- Hydrangea arborescens f. acarpa H.St.John
- Hydrangea arborescens f. arborescens
- Hydrangea arborescens f. carnea (Raf.) Uttal
- Hydrangea arborescens f. grandiflora Rehder
- Hydrangea arborescens f. sterilis (Torr. & A.Gray) Rehder
- Hydrangea arborescens f. vulgaris C.K.Schneid.
- Hydrangea arborescens subsp. arborescens
- Hydrangea arborescens var. arborescens
- Hydrangea arborescens var. australis Harb.
- Hydrangea arborescens var. cordata (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
- Hydrangea arborescens var. grandiflora Lemoine
- Hydrangea arborescens var. grandiflora Rehder
- Hydrangea arborescens var. kanawhana Millsp.
- Hydrangea arborescens var. oblonga Torr. & A.Gray
- Hydrangea arborescens var. sterilis Torr. & A.Gray
- Hydrangea arborescens var. vulgaris Ser.
- Hydrangea cordata Pursh
- Hydrangea frutescens Moench
- Hydrangea glauca Raf.
- Hydrangea heterophylla Raf.
- Hydrangea laevigata Steud.
- Hydrangea nivea var. conformis Ser.
- Hydrangea paniculata Raf.
- Hydrangea rotundifolia Raf.
- Hydrangea urticifolia Dippel
- Hydrangea viburnifolia Salisb.
- Hydrangea vulgaris Michx.
- Hydrangea vulgaris var. carnea Raf.
- Hydrangea vulgaris var. cordata (Pursh) Torr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.