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Spiraea alba
Also called Pale Bridewort, Meadowsweet, Narrow Leaved Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba, commonly known as meadowsweet, white meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, the botanical pale bridewort, or pipestem, is native to the wet soils of the Allegheny Mountains and other portions of eastern North America, but is currently endangered in the state of Missouri. It is naturalized in other parts of the world.
Butterflies and other beneficial insects like bees visit the plant for nectar and pollen. In autumn brown seed capsules appear and are fed on by songbirds. Glossy green foliage turns yellow in the fall. Deer tend to leave this plant alone. Meadowsweet is a host plant for the larvae of the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina argiolus).
The blooms make a good cut flower.
White spirea · Reeves' meadowsweet · Germander meadowsweet · Spiraea crenata · Rose spirea · Iberian spirea · Japanese Spiraea · Japanese meadowsweet · Broad Leaved Meadowsweet · Shinyleaf Meadowsweet · Russian Spiraea · Snowmound Spiraea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spiraea alba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
