Spiraea japonica L.f., 1781

Common names

🇬🇧 Japanese Spiraea
🇫🇷 Spirée du Japon

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Spiraeeae
Genus: Spiraea
Species: Spiraea japonica

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. japonica var. acuminata Franch., 1886;
S. japonica var. acuta T.T.Yu, 1963;
S. japonica var. formosana (Hayata) Masam., 1932;
S. japonica var. fortunei (Planch.) Rehder, 1902;
S. japonica var. hypoglauca (Koidz.) Kitam., 1952;
S. japonica var. japonica L.f., 1781, I;
S. japonica var. kweichowensis (T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu) Businsky, 2020;
S. japonica var. ripensis Kitam., 1952;
S. japonica var. vulcanica Businsky, 2020.

Hybridizes with S. douglasii Hook., 1832 to produce S. × sanssouciana K.Koch, 1857, M.

Photographs

img/spiraea-japonica.webp — Spiraea japonica

img/spiraea-japonica-2.webp — Spiraea japonica - Leaves

img/spiraea-japonica-3.webp — Spiraea japonica - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1016). Biotope.