Rosaceae
White spirea
Spiraea betulifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 桦叶绣线菊, 樺葉繡線菊
- Danish
- Birkespiræa
- English
- White spirea
- Finnish
- Koivuangervo
- German
- Birkenblättrige Spiere
- Icelandic
- Birkikvistur
- Japanese
- マルバシモツケ
- Swedish
- Björkspirea
Synonyms
- Spiraea betulifolia var. typica C.K.Schneid.
- Spiraea betulifolia var. typica Maxim.
- Spiraea densiflora Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 500 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: zdzisław Kreft, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, 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.