Health is the Flora of today: Japanese Spirea

 

Japanese Spirea

Spiraea /spaɪˈriːə/ is sometimes spelled spirea 

These plants are commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes

This genus of plants represents about 80 to 100 species in the family Rosaceae

They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia.

Spiraea plants are hardy, deciduous-leaved shrubs 

In most species, the leaves are lanceolate (narrowly oval) and about 2.5 to 10 centimetres long

The leaf margins are usually toothed, occasionally cut or lobed, and rarely smooth