Spiraea salicifolia
Appearance
Spiraea salicifolia | |
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Botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Spiraea |
Species: | S. salicifolia
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Binomial name | |
Spiraea salicifolia | |
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List
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Spiraea salicifolia, the bridewort, willow-leaved meadowsweet, spice hardhack, or Aaron's beard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.[2] A shrub, it is native to east-central Europe, Kazakhstan, all of Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China, Korea, and Japan, and it has been widely introduced to the rest of Europe and to eastern North America.[1] It has been cultivated since the 1500s for hedges and similar applications, but is not particularly well-behaved.[3]
Subtaxa
[edit]The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Spiraea salicifolia var. grosseserrata Liou & Liou f. – Manchuria
- Spiraea salicifolia var. salicifolia – Entire range
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Spiraea salicifolia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Spiraea salicifolia bridewort [3]". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
Other common names; spice hardhack, willow-leaved meadowsweet, Aaron's beard [3] ... 1 suppliers
- ^ "Spiraea salicifolia L." Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
Categories:
- Spiraea
- Ornamental plants
- Flora of Poland
- Flora of Czechoslovakia
- Flora of Austria
- Flora of Hungary
- Flora of Yugoslavia
- Flora of Romania
- Flora of Bulgaria
- Flora of Ukraine
- Flora of Siberia
- Flora of the Russian Far East
- Flora of Kazakhstan
- Flora of Mongolia
- Flora of Inner Mongolia
- Flora of North-Central China
- Flora of Manchuria
- Flora of Korea
- Flora of Japan
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Plants described in 1753
- Amygdaloideae stubs