Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Spiraea prunifolia Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1 : 131. 1835
A shrub, 1-3 m. high, upright with slender branches ; bark of these brown, at first fi.nely pubescent; leaves short-petioled ; blades 2-5 cm. long, ovate or elliptic, serrulate, softly pubescent beneath, glabrous or nearly so above ; flowers in 3-6-flowered umbels ; pedicels 1-3 cm. long; sepals ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long; petals pure white, roundedobovate, 45 mm. long, exceeding the stamens; follicles glabrous, A cultivated form has double flowers on comparatively long pedicels and more shining leaves.
Type locality : Cultivated in Japanese gardens, probably from Korea or northern China. Distribution: Extensively cultivated and occasionally escaped in the New "England States.
- bibliographic citation
- Frederick Vernon Coville, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Henry Allan Gleason, John Kunkel Small, Charles Louis Pollard, Per Axel Rydberg. 1908. GROSSULARIACEAE, PLATANACEAE, CROSSOSOMATACEAE, CONNARACEAE, CALYCANTHACEAE, and ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
