Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder

Kashmir false spiraea (en), Sorbaire tomenteuse (fr), Spirée de Lindley (fr), Spirée tomenteuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Sorbaria

Characteristics

Spreading and suckering shrub up to 4-(6) m high, often forming thickets; stems ± erect; secondary branches ± spreading or curving downwards; young stems green, shiny. Lvs oblong, with up to 10 pairs of leaflets; petiole (20)-30-70-(90) mm long, yellowish green, glabrous or glabrate, sometimes puberulent; middle leaflets sessile, narrow-lanceolate to lanceolate, 60-110 × 13-30 mm, acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous or with scattered hairs, pale green and with veins strongly impressed on upper surface giving an almost rugose appearance, with fine hairs chiefly along veins on lower surface; margins 2-serrate with sharply acute teeth; stipules small, linear. Infl. loose, ± drooping to pendulous, 20-35-(50) cm long; main branches densely hairy, sometimes with stalked glands; pedicels glabrous. Sepals broadly triangular-ovate with rounded apex, 0.7-1 mm long, glabrous, brown. Petals 1.5-2.5 mm diam., orbicular, blunt, ± white, sometimes pale pink-flushed. Fr. 2.5-3 mm long, brown, borne on recurved peduncles.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 3.25 - 4.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Hillsides and ravines, usually on the cooler aspects, often in most places such as water channels; at elevations from 2,100-2,700 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Fever (root), Vomiting (root), Liver diseases (seed), Cyanogenetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, seedlings or suckers.
Mode cuttings seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

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Distribution

Sorbaria tomentosa world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Austria, Spain, France, India, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741584-1
WFO ID wfo-0001013044
COL ID 4YB73
BDTFX ID 65256
INPN ID 124302
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Spiraea lindleyana Spiraea sorbifolia Schizonotus lindleyanus Sorbaria olgae Sorbaria tomentosa Sorbaria lindleyana Sorbaria aitchisonii Schizonotus tomentosus Basilima lindleyana Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia Spiraea sorbifolia var. lindleyana Sorbaria sorbifolia var. lindleyana