Rosaceae
Spiraea nipponica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 小花繡線菊, 小花绣线菊, 日本绣线菊
- Czech
- Tavolník niponský
- German
- Japanische Strauchspiere
- Japanese
- イワシモツケ
- Russian
- Спирея ниппонская, Таволга ниппонская
- Slovenian
- Japonska grmasta medvejka
- Swedish
- Girlandspirea
Synonyms
- Spiraea nipponica f. rotundifolia (G.Nicholson) Makino
- Spiraea nipponica f. typica Makino
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Hector Montero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Spiraea nipponica: 日本繡線菊 Spiraea nipponica [維也納大學植物園 Vienna University Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E7%B9%A1%E7%B7%9A%E8%8F%8A_Spiraea_nipponica_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2827515386273%29.jpg/1280px-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E7%B9%A1%E7%B7%9A%E8%8F%8A_Spiraea_nipponica_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2827515386273%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.