Hydrangeaceae
Common whipplea
Whipplea modesta
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Genus
- Whipplea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Common whipplea, Yerba de selva
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 412 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Hibbard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isaac Caswell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dee Shea Himes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification 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.