Spiraea tomentosa

Spiraea tomentosa

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = Steeplebush
status =

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Spiraeoideae
genus = "Spiraea"
species = "S. tomentosa"
binomial = "Spiraea tomentosa"
binomial_authority = L.

"Spiraea tomentosa", commonly known as the Steeplebush, is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ("S. douglasii").

Spiraea tomentosa grows to up to four feet high, and prefers moist to wet soil and full sun. It blooms in summer. Individual Steeplebush flowers are about 1/16 of an inch wide and are arranged in narrow, pyramid-shaped clusters that can be up to eight inches long. Butterflies and other nectar-feeding insects find the flowers highly attractive. The flowers are followed by small, dry, brown fruit.

The hardiness zone for this plant is listed as zones 4 to 6. It is found natively in the northeastern United States and Canada.

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