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Spiraea plants are hardy, deciduous-leaved shrubs. The leaves are simple and usually short stalked, and are arranged in a spiralling, alternate fashion. In most species, the leaves are lanceolate (narrowly oval) and about 2.5 to 10 centimetres (0.98 to 3.94 in) long. The leaf margins are usually toothed, occasionally cut or lobed, and rarely ...
Spiraea splendens is a shrub of the rose family native to the western mountains of North America, from California to British Columbia, commonly known as dense-flowered spiraea, [citation needed] rose meadowsweet, [4] rosy spiraea, [citation needed] subalpine spiraea, [4] and mountain spiraea.
Spiraea prunifolia, commonly called bridalwreath spirea, [1] is a species of the genus Spiraea, sometimes also spelled Spirea. It flowers mid-spring, around May 5, and is native to Japan, Korea, and China. It is sometimes cultivated as a garden plant elsewhere.
It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub that reaches a size of 1–2 m height, with many thin branches, arched, flexible and glabrous.The leaves are alternate, simple, small petiolate, with 2–6 cm long green lanceolate, elliptical-rhomboidal or slightly obovate lamina, with 3 nerves parallel from its base, irregularly crenate-dentate in its distal half.
Spiraea douglasii is a woolly shrub growing 0.91–1.83 metres (3–6 feet) tall from rhizomes, forming dense riverside thickets. [6]The leaves are 2.5–10.2 centimetres (1–4 inches) long and toothed towards the tips.
This species forms an interspecific hybrid with Spiraea japonica L. fil. [7]. In the horticultural trade one can obtain several varieties of Spiraea thunbergii, such as 'Mt Fuji' (white flowers), 'Ogon' (bright yellow-green leaves and white flowers), 'Mellow yellow' and 'Fugino pink'.
Later she suggested using the names A. pomi and A. spiraecola on the basis of the plants on which they were found [7] [8] [9] thus leading to the names each species is known by today. Another species, A. citricola was described by van der Groot in 1912 while doing a study in Chile.
Sorbaria sorbifolia, the false spiraea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.The common name is also spelled false spirea.Other common names include false goat's beard, sorb-leaved schizonotus, Ural false spirea, and in Chinese: 珍珠梅; pinyin: zhen zhu mei; lit. 'pearl plum'.