Pollinator plant

Climbing hydrangea

Pileostegia viburnoides

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Common names

6 names · 5 languages
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Other languages (4)
Dutch
  • Pileostegia
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese
  • シマユキカズラ[3]
Sources & name notes (3)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Royal Horticultural Society — common names ↗

Names retained from the referenced botanical profile or table.

Source records
  • climbing hydrangea — Page 2, column 2, row top 52 pt; common-name cell after Hydrangea viburnoides.; Hydrangea viburnoides.
[2] Royal Horticultural Society — common names ↗

Names retained from the referenced botanical profile or table.

Source records
  • climbing hydrangea — Page 4, column 1, row top 277 pt; common-name cell after Hydrangea viburnoides.; Hydrangea viburnoides.
[3] Hydrangea viburnoides — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • シマユキカズラ — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 932729; Hydrangea viburnoides.
  • 青棉花 — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 932729; Hydrangea viburnoides.
  • 冠盖藤 — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 932729; Hydrangea viburnoides.
  • 冠蓋藤 — results[0].names[4]; taxon id 932729; Hydrangea viburnoides.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life treats Pileostegia viburnoides as a synonym of Hydrangea viburnoides.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family
Hydrangeaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [2]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Hydrangea viburnoides in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [3] [4]
Native range
Arunachal Pradesh to S. China and Vietnam, Japan (Honshu: Wakayama Pref.) to Taiwan.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [5]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Unknown
Plant profile

About this plant

Climbing hydrangea (Pileostegia viburnoides) is a shrub. It flowers from August to September.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Pileostegia viburnoides — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 943940; ID 4HTGM; rank species; status synonym

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Hydrangea viburnoides — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 400926; ID 3N4G7; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 400926; ID 3N4G7; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 4, column 1, entry Hydrangea viburnoides (top 277 pt)

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  4. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Plants Of The World

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 2, entry Hydrangea viburnoides (top 52 pt)

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  5. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Hydrangea viburnoides — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 385065, 622945; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1554203, 1554204, 1554205, 1554206, 1554207, 1554208, 1554209, 1554210, 1554211

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.