Spiraea media

Russian Spirea

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderRosales
5. FamilyRosaceae

Native toAltay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk

Observations2,417

Observations recorded8,605

Shrubs erect, to 2 m tall. Branchlets red-brown turning gray-brown to black-brown when old, slender, subterete, glabrous or subglabrous; buds brownish, ovoid, 1–3 mm, with several scales, glabrous, apex acute. Petiole 1–2 mm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to lanceolate, 1–2.5 × 0.5–1.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces or puberulous in vein axils abaxially, pinnately veined, base cuneate, margin entire or 2–5-serrate, apex acute, rarely obtuse. Racemes pedunculate, umbellate, 2–4 × 2–3 cm, 9–15-flowered; pedicels 1–1.5 cm, glabrous; bracts lanceolate, glabrous, caducous. Flowers 0.7–1 cm in diam. Hypanthium broadly campanulate, glabrous abaxially. Sepals ovate-triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous or puberulous, reflexed in fruit, apex obtuse or acute. Petals white, suborbicular, 3–4.5 mm, about as broad as long, glabrous, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse or emarginate. Stamens ca. 45, longer than petals. Disk undulate annular or irregularly lobed. Styles shorter than stamens. Follicles straightly spreading, pubescent; styles terminal, divergent. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jun–Aug.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

225

With media

192

Family

Rosaceae

Collections

UAM, CBG, UTEP, RSA, US, NY

Recorded in

Russia, United States, Czech Republic, Japan, Russian Federation, Slovakia, China

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Spiraea

Image

Spiraea media.2011.04.25.B.JPG

Has use

medicinal plant

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