Common name: Bridalwreath
Spiraea prunifolia Siebold & Zucc. APNI* Description: Shrub.
Leaves elliptic to ovate, 1–5 cm long, margins finely toothed, upper surface shining, lower surface hairy; shortly petiolate.
Flowers mostly bisexual, white, c. 10 mm diam., in few-flowered sessile umbels.
Flowering: in spring in advance of the leaves.
Distribution and occurrence: Double-flowered forms are cultivated as ornamentals; rarely naturalized. Native of temp. E Asia. NT.
NSW subdivisions: *NT
Formerly placed in the family Malaceae (now part of Rosaceae).
Text by G.J. Harden & A.N. Rodd
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