Iteaceae
Virginia sweetspire
Itea virginica
- Family
- Iteaceae
- Genus
- Itea
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- اتيا فيرجينيكا
- Chinese
- 北美鼠刺, 鞣木
- Danish
- Drueved
- Dutch
- Bloemwilg
- English
- Virginia sweetspire, Virginia-willow, Virginia willow
- German
- Amerikanische Rosmarinweide
- Russian
- Итея виргинская
Synonyms
- Diconangia heterophyla Raf.
- Itea padifolia Salisb.
- Itea virginica f. abbreviata Fernald
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: stevebryant69, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chris Griggs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: steve bryant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.