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| name = ''Abelia chinensis''
| name = ''Abelia chinensis''
| common_names = Chinese abelia
| common_names = Chinese abelia
| growth_habit = shrubs
| growth_habit = shrubs
| high = 5ft (1.5m)
| high = 5ft (1.5m)
| wide = 8ft (2.5m)
| wide = 8ft (2.5m)
| origin = China
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| lifespan = perennial
| lifespan = perennial
| exposure = Sun, light shade
| exposure = Sun, light shade
| water = regular
| water = regular
| features = Decidious
| features = Decidious, butterfly
| poisonous =
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 40[[Fahrenheit|°F]] (5[[Celsius|°C]]), etc -->
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| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for it's flowers -->
| usda_zones = 7-9
| usda_zones = 7-9
| sunset_zones = 4-24, 28-34
| sunset_zones = 4-24, 28-34
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Dipsacales
| familia = Caprifoliaceae
| genus = Abelia
| species = chinensis
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[[Abelia]] chinensis (Chinese abelia). Deciduous. Grows to 4-5 ft. tall with fragrant, pink-tinted white flowers in summer and fall. Exceptionally attractive to butterflies.
[[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.
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abelia|genus page]].''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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==References and external links==
==References==
<!--- 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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