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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Caprifoliaceae
|genus=Abelia
|species=chinensis
|common_name=Chinese abelia
|habit=shrub
|Max ht box=6
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=8
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=China
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moist
|features=deciduous, flowers, butterflys
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|sunset_zones=4-24, 28-34
|image=Abelia chinensis RJB1.jpg
|image_width=240
}}
[[Abelia]] chinensis (Chinese abelia, syn. ''A. rupestris''). Spreading, deciduous shrub to 4-5 ft. tall with fragrant, pink-tinted white flowers in summer and fall. Exceptionally attractive to butterflies. Has ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, to 1. 1/2 in (4cm) long. From summer to autumn, bears terminal panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, pink-tinged white flowers, 1/4 in (6mm) long, with 5-lobed pink calyces.
==References and external links==
{{inc|R. Br. (A. rupestris, Lindl.). Shrub, 3-6 ft.: lvs. ovate, rounded at the base, 3/4 - l 1/2 in. long, serrate, hairy on the midrib beneath and sometimes with scattered hairs above, deciduous: fls. in terminal dense panicles, funnel-form, white, ½ in. long; sepals oblong, ¼ in. long; stamens exserted. Summer. China. B.R. 32:8. Gn. 27, p. 424. P.F.G. 2:201. G. 8:143.— A. rupestris is sometimes considered a distinct species, but the differences are very slight.}}
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abelia|genus page]].''
== Cultivation ==
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== Gallery ==
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File:Abelia chinensis3.jpg| photo 1
File:Abelia chinensis2.jpg| photo 2
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== References ==
*[[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 -->
*Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608
*Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608
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