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Spiraea
Also called Brideworts, Meadowsweet, Meadowsweets, Steeplebushes
Spiraea is a genus of about 80 to 100 hardy, deciduous shrubs in the rose family, native to the cooler Northern Hemisphere, and many garden spireas are grown for their dense clusters of small white or pink flowers. They are easy to grow in full sun with ordinary garden soil.
Spiraea , sometimes spelled spirea in common names, and commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes, is a genus of about 80 to 100 species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia.
The genus formerly included the herbaceous species now segregated into the genera Filipendula and Aruncus; recent genetic evidence has shown that Filipendula is only distantly related to Spiraea, belonging in the subfamily Rosoideae.
Spiraea species are used as food plants by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species, including the brown-tail, the small emperor moth, the grey dagger, the setaceous Hebrew character, and the moth Hypercompe indecisa.
Reeves' meadowsweet · Spiraea crenata · Iberian spirea · Japanese meadowsweet · Russian Spiraea · Snowmound Spiraea · Bridalwreath spirea · Willowleaf meadowsweet · Thunberg's meadowsweet
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