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|botanic_name=Abelia chinensis

|familia=Caprifoliaceae

|genus=Abelia

|species=chinensis

|common_name=Chinese abelia

|common_name=Chinese abelia

|habit=shrub

|habit=shrub

|max_height=5 ft

|Max ht box=6

|max_width=8 ft

|Max ht metric=ft

|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|Max wd box=8

|Max wd metric=ft

|origin=China

|origin=China

|lifespan=perennial

|lifespan=perennial

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|water=regular

|exposure=sun

|features=deciduous, butterflys

|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|min_temp=°F

|water=moist

|min_zone=7

|features=deciduous, flowers, butterflys

|max_zone=9

|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall

|Temp Metric=°F

|min_zone=8

|max_zone=10

|sunset_zones=4-24, 28-34

|sunset_zones=4-24, 28-34

|image=Upload.png

|image=Abelia chinensis RJB1.jpg

|image_width=240px

|image_width=240

}}

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[[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.

[[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.  

{{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.}}

{{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]].''

:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abelia|genus page]].''

==Cultivation==

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==Gallery==

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==References==

== References ==

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

*[[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  *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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