Deutzia floribunda ("Kotsugi")

Japanese name: コウツギ （小空木）
Scientific name: Deutzia floribunda

[Overview]
A deciduous shrub found at high elevations in the mountains and on limestone and serpentine ground.
Leaves are simple and opposite, elliptic to oblong-ovate, 3.5–5.5 cm long and 2.5–4 cm wide.
Both surfaces of the leaves have stellate hairs and are rough, and the margins are serrated.
The leaves are thick, and the undersides are pale green.
They have short petioles.
Dense panicle-like inflorescences are produced, bearing many flowers.
The flowers are white, 5-petaled, about 0.7–1 cm across, and open somewhat widely.
The fruit is a spherical capsule 3 mm across.

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