Carpenteria Torr.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Carpenteria' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/carpenteria/). Accessed 2026-04-11.

Family

Hydrangeaceae

Species in genus

Carpenteria californica

Glossary

ovary: Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
style: Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Carpenteria' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/carpenteria/). Accessed 2026-04-11.

Carpenteria californica in an unnecessarily sheltered spot at Christchurch Botanic Gardens, New Zealand. 16 November 2023. Image Tom Christian.

A genus of one species allied to Philadelphus, from which it differs in its evergreen leaves, single style and superior ovary.

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