Rosaceae

Shinyleaf meadowsweet

Spiraea corymbosa Raf.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Spiraea

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Shinyleaf meadowsweet (Spiraea corymbosa) — FlowerPhoto: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 伞花绣线菊, 傘花繡線菊
English: Shinyleaf meadowsweet

Synonyms

Drimopogon parvifolia B.D.Jacks.
Spiraea betulifolia subsp. corymbosa (Raf.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde
Spiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa (Raf.) Maxim.
Spiraea corymbosa var. typica C.K.Schneid.
Spiraea glauca Raf.
Spiraea ostryfolia Raf.
Spiraea ostryfolia var. pumila Raf.
Spiraea repens Raf.
Spiraea repens var. pubescens Raf.
Spiraea sororia Penny ex G.Don

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nikolaj Potanin from Russia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Casey Harless, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: W Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: stinger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.