Hydrangeaceae

Bigleaf hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.

Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Hydrangea

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Bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) — FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (46)

Afrikaans: Hortensia, Krismisroos
Asturian: Hortensia
Azerbaijani: İriyarpaq hidrangeya
Bangla: হাইড্রাঞ্জিয়া
Basque: Hortentsia hostohandi
Bosnian: Hadžibeg
Bulgarian: Едролистна хортензия
Catalan: Hortènsia
Cebuano: Hortensia
Chinese: 八仙花, 繡球花, 绣球, 八仙绣球, 粉团花, 紫绣球, 繡毬, 绣球花
Croatian: Velelisna hortenzija
Czech: Hortenzie velkolistá
dsb: Zagrodna hortensija
Dutch: Grote hortensia, Gewone hortensia
English: Bigleaf hydrangea, French hydrangea, Hortensia, Lacecap hydrangea, Mophead hydrangea, Penny mac
Esperanto: Hortensio, Grandfolia hidrangeo
Estonian: Suurelehine hortensia
Finnish: Jalohortensia
French: Hortensia
frr: Guardhortensie
Galician: Hortensia
German: Gartenhortensie, Bauern-Hortensie, Bauernhortensie, Garten-Hortensie
hsb: Zahrodna hortensija
Hungarian: Kerti hortenzia
Indonesian: Bunga bokor
Japanese: アジサイ
Korean: 수국
Latvian: Liellapu hortenzija
Lithuanian: Didžialapė hortenzija
lzh: 繡毬
Malay: Bunga Tiga Bulan
Malayalam: ഹൈഡ്രാഞ്ചിയ
os: Егъаусыфджын гортензи
Persian: ادریسی
Polish: Hortensja ogrodowa
Portuguese: Hortênsia
Russian: Гортензия крупнолистная
Slovak: Hortenzia veľkolistá
Slovenian: Velikolistna hortenzija, Kmečka hortenzija
Sundanese: Kembang borondong garing, Kembang bokor
Swedish: Hortensia
Tamil: ஹைட்ராஞ்ஜியா மேக்ரோபைலா
Turkish: Ortanca
Vietnamese: Tú cầu lá to, Cẩm tú cầu, Tú cầu
war: Hortensia
Welsh: Trilliw ar ddeg

Synonyms

Hortensia japonica J.F.Gmel.
Hortensia macrophylla (Thunb.) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
Hortensia macrophylla f. isobue (H.Ohba & S.Akiyama) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
Hortensia macrophylla f. isonotaki (H.Ohba & S.Akiyama) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
Hortensia macrophylla f. normalis (E.H.Wilson) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
Hortensia mutabilis Schneev.
Hortensia nigra Carrière
Hortensia opuloides Lam.
Hortensia rosea Desf.
Hortensia speciosa Pers.
Hydrangea azisai Siebold
Hydrangea azisai var. foliis-aureovariegatis Siebold & Zucc.
Hydrangea cyanoclada G.Nicholson
Hydrangea florida Salisb.
Hydrangea hortensia Siebold
Hydrangea hortensia f. otaksa (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav.
Hydrangea hortensia f. rosea Bean
Hydrangea hortensia f. variegata (Regel) G.Nicholson
Hydrangea hortensia var. azisai (Siebold) A.Gray
Hydrangea hortensia var. macrosepala (Regel) Rehder
Hydrangea hortensia var. maculata (Blume) K.Koch
Hydrangea hortensia var. mariesii Bean
Hydrangea hortensia var. otaksa (Siebold & Zucc.) A.Gray
Hydrangea hortensia var. rosea (Bean) J.H.Veitch
Hydrangea hortensis Sm.
Hydrangea hortensis var. alba H.B.May
Hydrangea hortensis var. maculata Blume
Hydrangea hortensis var. mariesii (Bean) Bean
Hydrangea japonica f. hortensia Regel
Hydrangea japonica unranked fimbriata-macrophylla Jacob-Makoy
Hydrangea japonica unranked speciosa Hovey
Hydrangea japonica unranked variegata E.J.Lowe & W.Howard
Hydrangea japonica var. albovariegatis Van Houtte
Hydrangea japonica var. coerulescens Regel
Hydrangea japonica var. foliis-variegatis André
Hydrangea japonica var. macrosepala Regel
Hydrangea japonica var. otaksa Regel
Hydrangea japonica var. plena Regel
Hydrangea japonica var. variegata (E.J.Lowe & W.Howard) Regel
Hydrangea macrocephala Dippel

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Flowers

In flower: December to August (from 379 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: blue (USDA PLANTS Database)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Luís Ferreira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Caroline Galassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: kishimoto_toshio, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: judy_6, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: kishimoto_toshio, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: billboffin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jonas Kraft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: kishimoto_toshio, CC BY 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.