See text Pileostegia is a genus of 4 species of flowering plants in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to India and eastern Asia.

They are evergreen climbers bearing dense clusters of creamy white flowers in late summer.

[1] The genus name Pileostegia comes from the Greek for "cap covering", referring to the corollas.

[2] The species known in cultivation is Pileostegia viburnoides (climbing hydrangea).