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Spiraea douglasii
Also called Douglas spirea, Hardhack steeplebush, Hardhack, Menzies' spirea, Steeplebush, Steeple Bush, Douglas' Meadowsweet
Spiraea douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. Common names include hardhack, hardhack steeplebush, Douglas' spirea, douglasspirea, steeplebush, and rose spirea. It is native to western North America and is an invasive species in other locales.
The specific epithet douglasii honors Scottish botanist David Douglas, who is noted for cataloguing numerous species native to the American west.
The plant is native to western North America from Alaska to California. It has spread to many other places as an invasive species. It was introduced to Europe in 1803, and is especially invasive in Denmark and Latvia. It is also found in France, Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and Poland.
Indigenous peoples used the plant for making brooms and hanging seafood to cook.
White meadowsweet · White spirea · Reeves' meadowsweet · Germander meadowsweet · Spiraea crenata · Iberian spirea · Japanese Spiraea · Japanese meadowsweet · Broad Leaved Meadowsweet · Shinyleaf Meadowsweet · Russian Spiraea · Snowmound Spiraea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spiraea douglasii 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.
