Spiraea salicifolia L. is a plant in the Rosaceae family, order Rosales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Spiraea salicifolia L.

Spiraea salicifolia L.

Spiraea salicifolia is a Rosaceae flowering shrub cultivated for hedges since the 1500s, native to northern Asia and east-central Europe and widely introduced elsewhere.

Family
Genus
Spiraea
Order
Rosales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Spiraea salicifolia L.

Spiraea salicifolia L., commonly known as bridewort, willow-leaved meadowsweet, spice hardhack, or Aaron's beard, is a flowering shrub species belonging to the Rosaceae plant family. It is native to east-central Europe, Kazakhstan, all of Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China, Korea, and Japan, and has been widely introduced to the remaining regions of Europe and eastern North America. This species has been cultivated since the 1500s for hedges and similar landscape uses, but does not grow in a particularly controlled, well-behaved manner.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Rosales Rosaceae Spiraea

More from Rosaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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