Rosaceae
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- سبيريا جابونيكا
- Armenian
- Ասպիրակ ճապոնական
- arz
- سبيريا جابونيكا
- Azerbaijani
- Yapon topulqası
- Belarusian
- Спірэя японская
- Bulgarian
- Японска спирея
- Chinese
- 日本綉線菊, 日本绣线菊, 光叶粉花绣线菊, 光叶绣线菊, 绣线菊, 吹火筒, 火烧尖, 白升麻
- Croatian
- Japanska suručica
- Czech
- Tavolník japonský
- Danish
- Japansk Spiræa, Rosen-Spiræa
- Dutch
- Japanse spierstruik
- English
- Japanese meadowsweet, Japanese spiraea
- Estonian
- Jaapani enelas
- Finnish
- Japaninangervo
- French
- Spirée du Japon
- hsb
- Japanska wjerbička, Spirea japonica
- Icelandic
- Japanskvistur
- Japanese
- シモツケ, 下野
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Japanspirea, Rosespirea
- Persian
- اسپیره سرخ
- Polish
- Tawuła japońska, Tawuła Bumalda, Tawuła drobna
- Russian
- Спирея японская, Таволга японская
- Slovenian
- Japonska medvejka
- Spanish
- Shimotsuke
- Swedish
- Praktspirea, Rosenspirea
- Welsh
- Erwain Japan
Synonyms
- Spiraea belloides hort.
- Spiraea japonica var. fortunei Koidz.
- Spiraea japonica var. glabra (Regel) Koidz.
- Spiraea japonica var. mayebarai Kitam.
- Spiraea japonica var. typica C.K.Schneid.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 652 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Hannah Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Griz Morrison, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: shizhao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mefisher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Piechocki, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Justus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick T., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.