Rosaceae
Mountain ninebark
Physocarpus monogynus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Physocarpus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 山風箱果, 山风箱果
- English
- Mountain ninebark
Synonyms
- Epicostorus montanus Raf.
- Icotorus montanus Raf.
- Neillia glabrata (Rydb.) Bean
- Neillia monogyna (Torr.) Greene
- Neillia torreyi S.Watson
- Opulaster glabratus Rydb.
- Opulaster monogynus (Torr.) Kuntze
- Physocarpus glabratus (Rydb.) Rehder
- Physocarpus pauciflorus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Zabel
- Physocarpus torreyi (S.Watson) Maxim.
- Spiraea monogyna Torr.
- Spiraea opulifolia var. parvifolia A.Gray ex Porter & J.M.Coult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christine Laney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tyler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ruff tuff cream puff, CC0, 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.