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Spiraea
Spiraea salicifolia
47.2681, -122.535
Field Notes
Description:
The many small flowers of Spiraea shrubs are clustered together in inflorescences, usually in dense panicles, umbrella-like corymbs, or grape-like clusters. The radial symmetry of each flower is five-fold, with the flowers usually bisexual, rarely unisexual. The flowers have five sepals and five white, pink, or reddish petals that are usually longer than the sepals. Each flower has many (15 to 60) stamens.
Spiraea is too woody to be used as an edible plant, but has a long history of medicinal use by Native Americans as an herbal tea
Habitat:
This deciduous shrub is very ornamental . Spiraea prefers well drained soils that have lots of organic matter, but can also do just fine in poor soils and city locations.
Notes:
They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia.
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