PLANTS Profile for Spiraea thunbergii (Thunberg's meadowsweet)

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Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume
Thunberg's meadowsweet

Symbol:

SPTH2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume

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Distribution:
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume


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USA (AL, CT, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NY, PA), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 31 species in Spiraea

Classification:
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Spiraea L. – spirea
Species	Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume – Thunberg's meadowsweet

Introduced Information:
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25341.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:22 AM CDT