Hydrangea zhewanensis

Hydrangea zhewanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to China.

Description
Hydrangea zhewanensis is a small shrub, which may be deciduous or evergreen, growing up to 0.7-1.5 m in height. Branchlets are brownish, densely pubescent when young. Bark peels off into fragments. Flowers are blue, oblong-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. Flowers grow in clusters, usually comprising small, fertile and also more showy sterile flowers. Seed capsules are oblong-ovoid, measuring about 3 mm in diameter. Seeds are brown, ellipsoid to oblong, compressed, measuring between 0.5 and 0.7 mm, shortly winged at both ends.

Flowers June to July, fruits October to November.

Habitat
Sparse forests or thickets along stream banks in valleys or on mountain slopes, from 600 to 1500 m.