Hydrangeaceae
Hydrangea Family
The Hydrangeaceae family (Hydrangea Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Cornales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is an undershrub.
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Opposite, often toothed leaves on shrubs; flower clusters typically mix small fertile flowers at the centre with a showy ring of larger, sterile, petal-like flowers around the rim, the outer ring doing all the work of attracting pollinators from a distance.
The showy outer 'flowers' most people picture on a hydrangea are usually sterile, producing no seed at all — the real, fertile flowers are the small, unremarkable ones clustered at the centre.
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitBerry
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 1 species in HYDRANGEACEAE
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