Pink Hydrangea
Pink Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 50 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Pink Hydrangea is a large, flowering plant with a flat, rounded top and large, round leaves that grow in clusters. Its flowers are large, pink, and showy.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cornales
Family
Hydrangeaceae
Genus
Hydrangea
Species
Hydrangea macrophylla