Spiraea alpina Pall.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Spiraea

Characteristics

Shrubs to 1.2 m tall, much branched. Branches erect or spreading; branchlets red-brown, turning gray-brown when old, conspicuously angled, pubescent when young, finally glabrous; buds ovoid, small, with several scales, glabrous. Leaves mostly tufted; petiole very short or nearly absent; leaf blade gray-green and glaucous-bloomy abaxially, linear-lanceolate to oblong-obovate, 7–16 × 2–5 mm, glabrous on both surfaces, veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse or acute. Racemes pedunculate, umbellate, 1.5–2(–3) × 1.5–2 cm, up to 20-flowered; pedicels 5–8 mm, glabrous; bracts linear, small, caducous. Flowers 5–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, glabrous abaxially. Sepals triangular, 1–2 × 1.5–2 mm, erect or semispreading in fruit, apex acute. Petals white, obovate or suborbicular, 2–3 mm, about as broad as long, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse or emarginate. Stamens ca. 20, slightly shorter than to subequaling petals. Disk distinct, annular, 10-lobed. Carpels pubescent; styles shorter than stamens. Follicles spreading, glabrous or pilose on adaxial suture; styles subterminal, divergent. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.2
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Spiraea alpina world distribution map, present in China, India, Kazakhstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0001016063
COL ID 4Z6DN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Spiraea alpina Spiraea alpina var. altaica