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Hydrangea_petiolaris_2024-05-23 SW Michigan USA Climbing Hydrangea.<br /> The white flowers are sterile and their function seems to be to attract pollinators to the more numerous and much smaller fertile flowers... <a href="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/6/20/the-sterile-flowers-of-hydrangea" rel="nofollow">https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/6/20/the-sterile-flowers-of-hydrangea</a><br /> <br /> Detail:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160663/hydrangea_petiolaris2_2024-05-23_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Hydrangea_petiolaris2_2024-05-23 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/160663_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=MDjenqfctKNnuBaCFSqjfmzdg44%3D" width="200" height="176" alt="Hydrangea_petiolaris2_2024-05-23 SW Michigan USA Climbing Hydrangea. I like how the buds have a little cap that detaches.<br /> <br /> Zoomed out:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160664/hydrangea_petiolaris_2024-05-23_sw_michigan_usa.html Geotagged,Hydrangea petiolaris,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Hydrangea petiolaris,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Hydrangea_petiolaris_2024-05-23 SW Michigan USA

Climbing Hydrangea.
The white flowers are sterile and their function seems to be to attract pollinators to the more numerous and much smaller fertile flowers... https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/6/20/the-sterile-flowers-of-hydrangea

Detail:

Hydrangea_petiolaris2_2024-05-23 SW Michigan USA Climbing Hydrangea. I like how the buds have a little cap that detaches.<br /> <br /> Zoomed out:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/160664/hydrangea_petiolaris_2024-05-23_sw_michigan_usa.html Geotagged,Hydrangea petiolaris,Spring,United States

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The Climbing Hydrangea

Hydrangea petiolaris, a Climbing hydrangea (syn: Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris), is a species of Hydrangea native to the woodlands of Japan, the Korean peninsula, and on Sakhalin island of easternmost Siberia in the Russian Far East.

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Similar species: Cornales
Species identified by Jon Reck
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Uploaded May 23, 2024. Captured May 23, 2024 08:30 in 9290 Milo Rd, Plainwell, MI 49080, USA.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/8.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO400
  • 105mm