Rosaceae
Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Spiraea
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- سبيريا تومينتوسا
- Chinese
- 毛枝絨毛繡線菊, 毛枝绒毛绣线菊
- Czech
- Tavolník plstnatý
- Dutch
- Viltige spirea
- English
- Steeplebush, Hardhack
- French
- Spirée tomenteuse
- German
- Filziger Spierstrauch
- hsb
- Pjelsćata wjerbička
- Slovak
- Tavoľník plstnatý
- Slovenian
- Polstena medvejka
- Swedish
- Luddspirea
- Welsh
- Erwain blewog
Synonyms
- Drimopogon ferrugineus Raf.
- Drimopogon glomeratus Raf.
- Drimopogon parvifolius Raf.
- Drimopogon roseus Raf.
- Drimopogon tomentosa (L.) B.D.Jacks.
- Spiraea tomentosa f. tomentosa
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 1,672 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Mulqueen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dan Wilder, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Boy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Krausch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 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.