Rosaceae
Willowleaf meadowsweet
Spiraea salicifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (20)
- Azerbaijani
- Söyüdyarpaq topulqa
- Belarusian
- Спірэя вербалістая, Медуніца, Спырнік, Шпырнік балотны
- Bulgarian
- Върболистна спирея
- Chinese
- 柳叶绣线菊, 繍線菊, 柳叶绣球菊, 珍珠梅, 空心柳, 绣线菊, 马尿溲
- Czech
- Tavolník vrbolistý
- Dutch
- Theeboompje
- English
- Willowleaf meadowsweet
- Estonian
- Pajulehine enelas
- hsb
- Witkowa wjerbička
- Hungarian
- Fűzlevelű gyöngyvessző
- Icelandic
- Víðikvistur
- Japanese
- ホザキシモツケ
- Korean
- 꼬리조팝나무
- Lithuanian
- Gluosnialapė lanksva
- Polish
- Tawuła wierzbolistna
- Russian
- Спирея иволистная, Дикий чай, Спирея низкая, Таволга иволистная, Таволга низкая, Таволга розовая
- Slovenian
- Vrbovolistna medvejka
- Swedish
- Häckspirea
- Ukrainian
- Таволга верболиста
- Welsh
- Erwain dail helyg
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 113 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ульяна Ярцева, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Iberian spireaSpiraea hypericifoliaRosaceae
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Sources: classification 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.