Hydrangeaceae

Mountain hydrangea, tea of heaven

Hydrangea serrata (Thunb.) Ser.

Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Hydrangea

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Common names

By language (8)

arz: الكوبيه سيراتا
Chinese: 澤八仙花
English: Mountain hydrangea, tea of heaven
Hungarian: Fűrészeslevelű hortenzia
Japanese: ヤマアジサイ
Korean: 산수국
Latvian: Robainā hortenzija
Polish: Hortensja piłkowana

Synonyms

Hortensia serrata (Thunb.) H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
Hortensia serrata var. thunbergii H.Ohba & S.Akiyama
Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata (Thunb.) Makino
Hydrangea serrata var. thunbergii H.Ohba
Hydrangea thunbergii Siebold
Platycrater serrata (Thunb.) Makino

Photos

Photo: Johann Dréo from Chartres, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tiffanie Texier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Miriam Gargiulo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Saurabh Shukul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Claude Ringenbach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michele Dorsey Walfred, CC BY 2.0, 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). About our plant data.