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n. - Very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads; Deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue.

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  • Un hortensia bleu d'Edouard a Phoenix, Arizona, E.U.A.
  • Un hortensia bleu d'Edouard a Phoenix, Arizona, E.U.A. Posted by:
  • H. hortensia, or mopheads, have very large flower heads.
  • In these areas, endemic plants such as the Chatham Islands forget-me-not (Myosotidium hortensia), an endemic flax (Phormium spp.), rautini (Brachyglottis huntii),...
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