Spiraea thunbergii

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ROSACEAE
Species:Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume
Common Name:Baby's Breath Spirea; Thunberg's Meadowsweet; Thunberg's Spirea
Habitat:**
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Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Biennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Baby's Breath Spirea is an introduced deciduous shrub in the Rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to eastern China and Japan. In Alabama it can be found at scattered locations statewide. Baby's Breath Spirea occurs around old home sites, along fence rows, on roadsides, and in pastures. It is a woody shrub roaching heights of 3-6 feet and forms dense clumps of thin, flexible stems. The stems are branched above the middle and arch outwards. Stems are light brown in color and glabrous or pubescent. Leaves are petiolate, linear to lanceolate in outline, glabrous, with serrate margins. The leaves become yellow or orange before falling in the autumn. Flowers are produced in axillary panicles in the early spring before the leaves. Each panicle has 3-7 flowers, each with 5 white petals. The fruit is a follicle. Baby's Breath Spirea is a common ornamental in Alabama and occasionally persists or escapes from cultivation. Several cultivars are available including ones with double flowers, pink flowers, and compact mounding forms. Baby's Breath Spirea prefers a location in full sun with a well-draining soil. Plants can be propagated from suckers, cuttings, or seed.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyROSACEAE - Rose family
Genus Spiraea
Species Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume - Baby's Breath Spirea; Thunberg's Meadowsweet; Thunberg's Spirea

Citation

Citation Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1115. 1827.
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Cleburne, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dale, Hale, Henry, Houston, Lawrence, Lowndes, Montgomery, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000023206 Lawrence 10 Apr 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12089		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
TROY000008590 Conecuh 16 Mar 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12957		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
UNA00058367 Lowndes 17 Mar 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12960		 UNA
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
TROY000008593 Lowndes 17 Mar 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12960		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
AUA000024236 Lawrence 10 Apr 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12089		 AUA
Spiraea Thunbergii Sieb. Ex Blume
TROY000008594 Montgomery 13 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17571		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
TROY000008591 Crenshaw 16 Mar 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12958		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
UNA00064114 Lawrence 10 Apr 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12089		 UNA
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
JSU131687 Cleburne 13 Apr 1996 Rogers, C.P.
053		 JSU
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
TROY000023205 Hale 25 Mar 2003 Kral, Robert
93622		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
ALNHS00003492 Houston 3 Mar 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
DTP-59		 ALNHS
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb.
UNA00058383 Conecuh 16 Mar 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12957		 UNA
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
UWAL0016310 Henry 10 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24936		 UWAL
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
ALNHS00005688 Shelby 09 Mar 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3591		 ALNHS
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb.
UWAL0033210 Montgomery 13 Mar 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27240		 UWAL
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
TROY000008592 Dale 23 Oct 2000 Johnson, Stephanie
8		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
TROY000033271 Montgomery 18 Mar 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21186		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
UNA00058378 Crenshaw 16 Mar 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12958		 UNA
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
TROY000034368 Sumter 28 Mar 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5695		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
UWAL0003874 Sumter 28 Mar 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5695		 UWAL
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
UWAL0002211 Montgomery 18 Mar 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21186		 UWAL
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
UWAL0038787 St. Clair 17 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9370		 UWAL
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume
TROY000039413 Henry 10 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24936		 TROY
Spiraea thunbergii Siebold
UNA00016009 Tuscaloosa 3 Apr 1969 Benton, Cole L. B., Jr.
s.n.		 UNA
Spiraea thunbergii Sieb. ex Blume
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