Spiraea × vanhouttei (Briot) Zabel, 1884

Common names

🇫🇷 Spirée de Van Houtte

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 × vanhouttei

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Notes

Possible confusion with S. chamaedryfolia L., 1753, which has leaves with visibly sunken veins, while S. × vanhouttei has leaves with flat veins.

Artificial hybrid of S. cantoniensis Lour., 1790 × S. trilobata L., 1771.

Named after Louis van Houtte (1810-1876), a Belgian horticulturist.

Photographs

img/spiraea-vanhouttei.webp — Spiraea × vanhouttei

img/spiraea-vanhouttei-2.webp — Spiraea × vanhouttei

img/spiraea-vanhouttei-3.webp — Spiraea × vanhouttei

img/spiraea-vanhouttei-4.webp — Spiraea × vanhouttei - Leaves

Sources

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