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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 virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiraea virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Spiraea virginiana

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

Spiraea virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-15-005:

Spiraea virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Spiraea virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Spiraea, Appalachian Spiraea, Virginia Meadowsweet


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spvi2_001_lvd

        

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Owen Carson    owc_spirvir_1

June        NC

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Owen Carson    owc_spirvir_2

June        NC

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230607_093540

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230607_093548

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230612_090729

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230612_090742

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230612_090753

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Flowers 1/4" wide; petals round, surrounding a greenish-yellow disk bearing many showy stamens, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230612_090830

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Inflorescence a compound corymb, flat-topped or rounded, broader than long, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230615_094227

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230615_094324

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaves narrowly elliptic, obtuse with a distinct mucronulate apex, base cuneate, glaucous beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_virginiana_lu06_17c

June    Walker County    GA

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_spiraea_virginiana_2

June        

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Ron Lance    rwl_spiraeavirginiana

June        

In cultivation

Leaves 2-4X as long as wide, acute at apex, cuneate at base, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230704_095352

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Spiraea virginiana, Virginia Spiraea, Appalachian Spiraea, Virginia Meadowsweet

Penny Longhurst    pen_20230704_095424

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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Penny Longhurst    pen_20230704_095501

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiraea virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-15-005:
Spiraea virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Spiraea virginiana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2606

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Riverbanks, riverside shrub thickets, where occasionally flood-scoured, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White (rarely pink)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Aggregate of 5 follicles

 

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