Picture Mock orange flower

Mock Oranges are shrubs, with opposite petioled simple deciduous leaves, and no stipules. Flowers large, terminal or axillary, corymbose, racemose or solitary, white or cream-colored. About 50 species, natives of North America, Mexico, Asia and central Europe. Most plants grow in the southern and western parts of North America. They are called Mock Orange from the orange-like blossoms of the various species.