Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze

Pacific ninebark (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Physocarpus

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 45(–60) dm. Stems erect, sometimes suckering, ?angled?, glabrous or finely stellate-hairy. Leaves: stipules linear to narrowly elliptic, 4 × 0.5–2 mm; petiole 1–2(–3) cm; blade broadly ovate to obovate, (3–)4–8 cm, usually as wide as long, base rounded to truncate or slightly cordate, 3-or 5-lobed, margins irregularly crenate to doubly serrate, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surface ?paler?, glabrous or more densely stellate-hairy, adaxial glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy. Inflorescences 30–50-flowered, dense, hemispheric racemes, 3 cm diam., ?sometimes compound with some proximal pedicels becoming secondary peduncles?; bracts narrowly elliptic to spatulate, 4 × 2 mm, apex acute or erose-dentate, ?faces glandular?. Pedicels 1–1.5 cm, densely stellate-hairy. Flowers 5–8 mm diam.; hypanthium cup-shaped, 2 mm, densely stellate-hairy; sepals ?pale green to white, darker in center?, triangular, 2–3 mm, apex gland-tipped, surfaces densely stellate-hairy; petals white, broadly elliptic to orbiculate, 3–4 × 3–4 mm; stamens equal to or exceeding petals; carpels 3–5, connate basally, mostly glabrous, sometimes hairy (on ventral suture). Follicles 3–5, ?connate basally, shiny brown?, ovoid, 5–7 mm (lengths slightly exceeding sepals), glabrous; styles 2.5–3 mm. Seeds 2(–5), ?pyriform, 2.3–2.8 mm?. 2n = 18.
More
A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 2.4 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-6

Usage

Uses dye medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Emetic (bark), Antidote (bark), Antirheumatic (External) (bark), Antirheumatic (Internal) (bark), Laxative (bark), Cathartic (root), Venereal Aid (root), Laxative (root), Emetic (shoot), Emetic (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Ataxia (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Physocarpus capitatus leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Physocarpus capitatus leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Physocarpus capitatus leaf picture by jacksun (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Physocarpus capitatus flower picture by garua (cc-by-sa)
Physocarpus capitatus flower picture by Elizabeth Berger (cc-by-sa)
Physocarpus capitatus flower picture by Elizabeth Berger (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Physocarpus capitatus fruit picture by Erin Gleeson (cc-by-sa)
Physocarpus capitatus fruit picture by Noah Miller (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Physocarpus capitatus world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:195615-2
WFO ID wfo-0001013796
COL ID 4HHDR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Spiraea capitata Opulaster capitatus Physocarpus tomentosa Spiraea ribifolia Neillia capitata Spiraea opulifolia var. mollis Neillia opulifolia var. mollis Opulaster opulifolius var. capitatus Spiraea opulifolia var. multiflora Opulaster opulifolius var. tomentellus Spiraea opulifolia var. tomentella Physocarpus opulifolius var. tomentellus Spiraea opulifolia var. tomentosa Physocarpus capitatus