Rosaceae
Oceanspray
Holodiscus discolor
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Holodiscus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 全盘花, 绣珠梅
- English
- Oceanspray
- Finnish
- Nukka-angervo
- French
- Holodisque discolore
- Russian
- Холодискус разноцветный
- Swedish
- Vippspirea
- Welsh
- Holodisgws
Synonyms
- Holodiscus discolor var. dumosus (S.Watson) Dippel
- Holodiscus dumosus (S.Watson) A.Heller
- Schizonotus argenteus var. discolor (Pursh) Kuntze
- Schizonotus discolor (Pursh) Koehne
- Schizonotus discolor var. discolor
- Sericotheca discolor (Pursh) Rydb.
- Spiraea ariifolia var. discolor (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
- Spiraea discolor Pursh
- Spiraea discolor var. dumosa S.Watson
- Spiraea dumosa Nutt. ex Hook.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.