Spiraea tomentosa Linnaeus (Q4436)

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Spiraea tomentosa is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Spiraea
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Spiraea tomentosa Linnaeus
Spiraea tomentosa is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Spiraea

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    taxon/id/Spiraea tomentosa Linnaeus
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    Spiraea tomentosa Linnaeus
    Spiraea tomentosa
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    thé du Canada (French)
    spirée rose (French)
    steeplebush (English)
    tomentose meadowsweet (English)
    hardhack (English)
    spirée tomenteuse (French)
    Hardhack (English)
    steeplebush (English)
    spirée tomenteuse (English)
    in Europe
    Shrubs, 3–15 dm.
    Stems erect to ascending, rarely branched.
    Leaves: petiole 2–3 mm;
    blade bicolorous, ovatelanceolate, 3–6 × 1–2.5 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margins coarsely serrate to crenate on distal 3/4, (secondary teeth on large and long-shoot leaves), venation pinnate craspedodromous, secondary-veins prominent, apex acute or rounded, abaxial surface densely white to gray, tan, or rusty, tomentose, adaxial glabrous or puberulent.
    Inflorescences predominantly terminal, narrow, conic panicles, 150–15,000+-flowered, 5–30 × 3–20 cm, branching varying from compact to wide and spreading;
    branches tomentose.
    Pedicels 0.1–1.5 mm, tomentose.
    Flowers 4–6 mm diam.;
    hypanthia hemispheric, 0.5–1 mm, abaxial surface tomentose, adaxial glabrous;
    sepals triangular, 0.7–1.1 mm;
    petals usually light to dark-pink, sometimes white or purple, ovate to orbiculate, 1–1.5 mm;
    stamens 15–20, 1 times petal length.