Spiraea elegans Pojark.

Steven's spirea (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Spiraea

Characteristics

Shrubs 1–1.5 m tall. Branchlets spreading, red-brown, turning gray-brown or dark brown when old, slightly angled, glabrous; buds ovoid, with several scales, apex acute. Petiole 4–6 mm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-elliptic, 1.5–3.5 × 1–1.8 cm (those on sterile branchlets to 5.5 × 2.6 cm), abaxially pubescent only in vein axils, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, margin irregularly incised serrate, sometimes doubly serrate above middle, apex subobtuse or acute. Racemes umbellate, 2–3.5 cm in diam., 6–16-flowered; pedicels 7–12 mm, to 16 mm in fruit, glabrous. Flowers 10–15 mm in diam. Hypanthium shallowly campanulate. Sepals triangular, erect in fruit, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Petals obovate or suborbicular, longer than sepals, apex obtuse. Stamens much longer than petals. Carpels pubescent; styles shorter than stamens. Follicles erect, yellowish pubescent throughout or only at apex; styles terminal, mostly erect. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Spiraea elegans world distribution map, present in China and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:742230-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016059
COL ID 4Z6H9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Spiraea elegans