Physocarpus monogynus (Torr.) J.M.Coult.

Mountain ninebark (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Physocarpus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 10 dm. Stems often decumbent, spreading, ?reddish brown becoming dark gray?, glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy. Leaves: stipules linear to narrowly elliptic or subulate, 4–5 × 1 mm, ?base attenuate, apex acute?; petiole 0.5–2.2 cm; blade broadly ovate, 1.5–4 × 2–4.5 cm, sometimes wider than long, base usually truncate to cordate, rarely broadly cuneate, 0 or 1–5-lobed, margins doubly crenate to doubly serrate, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy. Inflorescences 10(–15)–30-flowered, fairly dense, hemispheric racemes, 4 cm diam.; bracts linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, 2–4 mm, apex acute, rarely 2-fid. Pedicels 8–18 mm, sparsely to moderately stellate-hairy. Flowers 8–10 mm diam.; hypanthium cup-shaped, 1.7–2 mm, sparsely to moderately stellate-hairy; sepals triangular to ovate, 3 mm, apex gland-tipped, surfaces sparsely to moderately stellate-hairy; petals white, broadly elliptic to orbiculate, 4.5 × 4 mm; stamens ?20–40?, ± equal to petals; carpels (1)2(3), connate at least 1/2 their lengths, densely stellate-hairy. Follicles (1)2(3), inflated, 2.5 mm (lengths shorter than sepals), densely stellate-hairy, ?hairs white?; styles 3.5 mm. Seeds 1–3, ?pyriform, 2–2.5 mm?. 2n = 18.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.1
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

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Images

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Distribution

Physocarpus monogynus world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:195622-2
WFO ID wfo-0001013801
COL ID 4HHDY
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Synonyms

Neillia monogyna Icotorus montanus Physocarpus monogynus Neillia torreyi Physocarpus torreyi Opulaster monogynus Spiraea monogyna Spiraea opulifolia var. parvifolia