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White spirea

Spiraea betulifolia

Also called Birch Leaved Meadowsweet, Birch Leaved Spirea, Birchleaf Spirea

White spirea
Photo: Qwert1234, Public domain
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Siberia to Korea and N. & C. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Spiraea betulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is primarily native from Eastern Siberia to Korea and Northern and Central Japan. The historically recognized varieties native to North America are var. corymbosa, native to a portion of eastern North America, and var. lucida, now known as Spiraea lucida, native to British Columbia and the northwestern United States eastward to Sasketchewan and the Black Hills.

Other Spiraea plants

White meadowsweet · 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 betulifolia 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.

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