Rosaceae
Rose spirea
Spiraea douglasii
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- سبيريا دوجلاسى
- Azerbaijani
- Duqlas topulqası
- Belarusian
- Спірэя Дугласа
- Chinese
- 道格拉斯繡線菊, 道格拉斯绣线菊, 美西绣线菊
- Czech
- Tavolník Douglasův
- Dutch
- Douglasspirea, Douglaspluimspirea
- English
- Rose spirea, Douglas spirea, Hardhack, Hardhack steeplebush, Menzies' spirea, Steeplebush
- Finnish
- Lännenpajuangervo, Punapajuangervo
- German
- Douglas-Spierstrauch
- hsb
- Douglasowa wjerbička
- Icelandic
- Dögglingskvistur
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Douglasspirea
- Russian
- Спирея Дугласа
- Slovenian
- Douglasova medvejka
- Swedish
- Douglasspirea
- Ukrainian
- Таволга Дуґласа
- Welsh
- Erwain Douglas
Synonyms
- Drimopogon douglasii Raf.
- Drimopogon douglasii (Hook.) B.D.Jacks.
- Drimopogon menziesii Raf.
- Spiraea douglasii f. douglasii
- Spiraea douglasii subsp. douglasii
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 1,560 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andy Gearhart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: walkingfern, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Epibase, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: bernard.pegand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: eliabreedveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joe Mabel, 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.