Spiraea calcicola W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Spiraea

Characteristics

Shrubs low, to 1.5 m tall. Branches spreading, arching; branchlets purple-brown, turning gray-brown to gray-black when old, distinctly angled; buds ovoid, small, with several scales, glabrous or puberulous on scale margin, apex subobtuse or acute. Leaves fascicled on short branchlets, alternate on long branchlets; petiole very short or absent, glabrous; leaf blade obovate, rarely elliptic, 5–9 × 2–6 mm, glabrous on both surfaces, base cuneate and 3-veined, margin entire, apex obtuse. Umbels sessile, 8–12 mm, 6–10-flowered, with small, clustered leaves at base; pedicels 3–7 mm, glabrous; bracts linear-lanceolate, glabrous, caducous. Flowers 4–6 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, glabrous abaxially. Sepals triangular, 1–1.5 × 1.5 mm, erect in fruit, apex acute. Petals pinkish, obovate, 2–3 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous, base shortly clawed, apex emarginate or obtuse. Stamens ca. 20, slightly shorter than to subequaling petals; disk undulate annular. Carpels puberulous; styles shorter than stamens. Follicles spreading, glabrous; styles terminal on abaxial side, somewhat divergent.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Spiraea calcicola world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:742150-1
WFO ID wfo-0000996848
COL ID 4Z6FG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Spiraea calcicola