Rosaceae
White meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Спірэя белая
- Chinese
- 白花繡線菊, 白花绣线菊
- Czech
- Tavolník bílý
- Dutch
- Witte spirea
- English
- White meadowsweet
- Estonian
- Valge enelas
- Finnish
- Valkopajuangervo
- German
- Weißer Spierstrauch
- Icelandic
- Ljósakvistur
- Polish
- Tawuła biała
- Swedish
- Vitspirea
- Welsh
- Erwain gwyn
Synonyms
- Eleiosina obovata Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Victor Td, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harold Haddock, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick clement, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Scalloped spireaSpiraea crenataRosaceae
- Rose spireaSpiraea douglasiiRosaceae
- Bridalwreath spireaSpiraea prunifoliaRosaceae
- SteeplebushSpiraea tomentosaRosaceae
- Iberian spireaSpiraea hypericifoliaRosaceae
- White spireaSpiraea betulifoliaRosaceae
- Thunberg's meadowsweetSpiraea thunbergiiRosaceae
- Reeves' meadowsweetSpiraea cantoniensisRosaceae
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.