Rosaceae

Asian meadowsweet

Spiraea trilobata L.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Spiraea

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 三裂綉線菊, 三裂绣线菊, 三桠绣球, 三裂叶绣线菊, 三裂线叶菊, 团叶绣球, 柳叶绣球菊, 石棒子
English: Asian meadowsweet
Russian: Спирея трёхлопастная, Asian meadowsweet, Спирея трехлопастная
Swedish: Sibirisk spirea

Synonyms

Eleiosina triloba Raf.
Eleiosina triloba (Murray) B.D.Jacks.
Spiraea crataegifolia hort.
Spiraea crataegifolia Anon.
Spiraea grossulariifolia Zabel
Spiraea rotundifolia K.Koch
Spiraea triloba L.
Spiraea trilobata var. pubescens Regel
Spiraea trilobata var. pubescens T.T.Yu
Spiraea trilobata var. trilobata

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Salicyna, 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.