Are hydrangeas the same as hydrangeas?

1. Hydrangea

In fact, our name for hydrangea is not actually a very accurate name. Its standard Chinese name is Hydrangea odorata, also known as Yin Hydrangea. Generally speaking, people or flower markets call flowers with many flowers in hemispherical or spherical corollas hydrangeas, so it is a relatively complex species. The hydrangea we usually refer to is the Ampelopsis hydrangea.

2. Hydrangea

The so-called hydrangea is actually a perennial herb whose Chinese name is geranium. Its flowers are also large and spherical, but the colors are much richer than hydrangeas. There are many varieties of white, pink, and red, and there are also many flower shapes and colors. There is another kind of geranium whose leaves have a peculiar smell when touched, so it is also called stinking begonia.

3. The difference between the two

According to the above, hydrangea and hydrangea are not the same kind of flowers, and their biological families are also different. Hydrangea belongs to the Saxifragaceae family, and geranium belongs to the Geranium family.