Mountain Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata · Hydrangeaceae · 산수국
Look
- Leaves
- Elliptic or egg-shaped with a long tail-like pointed tip, 5 to 15 x 2 to 10 cm, with sharp teeth on the margin and hairs on lateral veins and on veins underneath.
- Flowers
- Flowers open in July to August in large flat clusters at the tips of the current year's shoots; the sterile flowers around the edge are white-pink-blue or blue.
- Fruit
- Small obovate capsules ripen in September to October.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Grows at 200 to 1,400 m elevation in central Korea and south, and is also found in Japan and Taiwan.
- Ecology
- Grows in mountain valleys and on rocky slopes, forming groups in shaded valleys, and does well in dry rock crevices or wet valleys. It is strongly shade tolerant, cold-hardy and pollution tolerant.