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Beauty Bush
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Beauty Bush

Kolkwitzia amabilis

Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsi.ə əˈmæbɪlɪs/, known by the common name beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the only species in the genus Kolkwitzia. It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is called wei shi shu (蝟实属).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52501.