Rosaceae

Rose meadowsweet

Spiraea splendens Baumann ex K.Koch

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Spiraea

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Rose meadowsweet (Spiraea splendens) — FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 玫色繡線菊, 玫色绣线菊
English: Rose meadowsweet

Synonyms

Spiraea densiflora subsp. splendens (Baumann ex K.Koch) Abrams
Spiraea densiflora var. splendens (Baumann ex K.Koch) C.L.Hitchc.
Spiraea hydrangeaefolia hort.
Spiraea hydrangeifolia hort.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 685 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: datadan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hope, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jonathan Bayer, CC BY 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.