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
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Read more about Virginia Spiraea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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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
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p127
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p072
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p375
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p123
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p157
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p337
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