OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiraea alba var. latifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Spiraea latifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Spiraea latifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Spiraea septentrionalis

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

Spiraea alba var. latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-15-001b:

Spiraea alba var. latifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Spiraea latifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Meadowsweet


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image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spla2_001_lvd

        

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm090923_033

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm090924_116

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm090924_123

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park

Inflorescence a much-branched panicle, its branches glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm090924_125

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park

Oblanceolate, broad, glabrous leaves, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm130905_785

September    Washington County    ME

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm130905_788

September    Washington County    ME

Capsule smooth, glossy, 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Spiraea latifolia, Broadleaf Meadowsweet

JK Marlow    jkm130905_791

September    Washington County    ME

Twigs lined, red-brown; leaves coarsely toothed, usually over 15mm wide, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Spiraea alba var. latifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Spiraea latifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Spiraea septentrionalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Spiraea alba var. latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-15-001b:
Spiraea alba var. latifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3027

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, seeps, and rock outcrops (glades) over amphibolite, greenstone, olivine, and granite, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White (rarely pale pink)
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Aggregate of 5 follicles

 

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