Common Name:
Deutzia
About 60 species of deciduous, rarely evergreen, shrubs with pithy stems and peeling bark. Leaves simple, opposite, generally with a short petiole. Flowers have 5 petals and 10 stamens; the fruit is a capsule.
Deutzia: after John van de Deutz (1743-1788), friend and patron of C. P. Thunberg who described the genus.
Pronunciation:
DUT-si-a
Family:
Hygrangeaceae