| Author | Thunberg | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains and upper Piedmont; also Orange and Durham counties in the lower Piedmont. First collected in 1921 by Donald C. Peattie, "naturalized in woods, Melrose", Polk County.
Native of Japan; in N.A. VT to MI and IL, south to FL, KY, and AR; also UT. | |
| Abundance | Rare to locally uncommon in the southern Mountains, but rare elsewhere. | |
| Habitat | Montane hardwoods and mixed forests, especially along streams, roadside woods, woods at trail entrance, field, woods on campus. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-July. | |
| Identification | This species of Deutzia is a shrub with opposite branching and opposite, ovate to elliptical leaves with a drip-tip. The leaves are densely stellate-pubescent beneath. The flowers grow in a terminal raceme, white to pinkish. | |
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| Other Common Name(s) | Fuzzy Deutzia | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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