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'''''Hydrangea anomala''''' is a species of [[hydrangea]] native to the woodlands of the [[Himalaya]], southern and central [[China]] and northern [[Myanmar]].

It is a woody climbing plant, growing to 12 m height up [[tree]]s or [[cliff|rock faces]], climbing by means of small aerial roots on the stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[deciduous]], ovate, 7-13 cm long and 4-10 cm broad, with a heart-shaped base, coarsely serrated margin and acute apex. The [[flower]]s are, produced in flat [[corymb]]s 5-15 cm diameter in mid-summer; each corymb includes a small number of peripheral sterile white flowers 2-3.5 cm across, and numerous small, creamy-white fertile flowers 1-2 mm diameter. The [[fruit]] is a dry urn-shaped [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 3-5 mm diameter containing several small winged seeds.

The closely related ''[[Hydrangea petiolaris]]'' from eastern [[Siberia]], [[Japan]], and [[Korea]], is sometimes treated as a [[subspecies]] of ''H. anomala''; it differs in growing larger (to 20 m) and flower corymbs up to 25 cm diameter. The common name [[Climbing hydrangea]] is applied to both species.

''Hydrangea anomala'' is grown as an [[ornamental plant]], being popular due to its relatively non-aggressive nature.

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Hydrangea anomala, Don (H. altissima, Wall.). High climbing, glabrous: lvs. ovate to elliptic-ovate or ovate- oblong, broadly cuneate at the base, denticulate- serrate, 2—4 in. long; petioles ¾ -2 in. long: cymes loose, puberulous, 4-6 in. across; stamens 10; sterile fls. few or sometimes wanting, about 1 in. across, with suborbicular sepals. July. W. China, Himalayas. Wallich, Tent. Flor. Nepal. 50.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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