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Spiraea

not marked as a favorite taxon *Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume. Common name: Thunberg's Meadowsweet. Phenology: Mar-May; Apr-Oct. Habitat: Roadsides, old homesites. Distribution: Native of Asia. S. thunbergii has been collected from a roadside at Fort Bragg, NC, by Phil Crutchfield (specimen at Fort Bragg) (Sorrie, pers. comm.). Also GA, MS, and MD (FNA9) and additional states (Kartesz 2020).

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Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA9, GrPl, Il, K4, NE, NY; = n/a — Pa, RAB, Tat. Basionym: Spiraea thunbergii Siebold ex Blume 1826 [1826-1827]

Links to other floras: = Spiraea thunbergii - FNA9

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