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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiraea thunbergii   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiraea thunbergii   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Spiraea thunbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Spiraea thunbergii

 

COMMON NAME:
Thunberg's Meadowsweet


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image of Spiraea thunbergii, Thunberg's Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm230224_1171

February    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

image of Spiraea thunbergii, Thunberg's Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm230224_1173

February    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

image of Spiraea thunbergii, Thunberg's Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm230224_1175

February    Greenville County    SC

in cultivation

image of Spiraea thunbergii, Thunberg's Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1349

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves are pale green, [to] 4cm long, and have finely toothed margins, per New Invaders of the Southeast (Rawlins et al., 2018).

image of Spiraea thunbergii, Thunberg's Meadowsweet

Keith Bradley    kab_s_thunbergii_3470

March    Lancaster County    SC

Sepals ovate-triangular; petals white, obovate to suborbiculate, per Flora of North America.

image of Spiraea thunbergii, Thunberg's Meadowsweet

Keith Bradley    kab_s_thunbergii_3470b

March    Lancaster County    SC

Flowers 6-8mm diameter; hypanthia crateriform; staminodes 10-14; stamens 18-20, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Spiraea thunbergii   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiraea thunbergii   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Spiraea thunbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Spiraea thunbergii

 

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1959

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, old homesites, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Rare

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Aggregate of follicles

 

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