Sorbaria sorbifolia — Details

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Distribution

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Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun:
Canada (North America)
Japan (Asia)
Mongolia (Asia)
South Korea (Asia)
United States (North America)
China (Asia)
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National Distribution

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Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Physical Description

Morphology

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Shrubs to 2 m tall. Branches erect; branchlets glabrous or slightly pubescent; buds purple-brown, ovoid. Stipules ovate-lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, 8–13 mm, abaxially slightly pubescent, apex acuminate. Leaflets 11–17, opposite, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5–7 × 1.8–2.5 cm, glabrous or subglabrous on both surfaces or abaxially densely stellate hairy, lateral veins in 12–16 pairs, base subrounded to broadly cuneate, rarely slightly oblique, apex acuminate or caudate. Panicle 10–12 × 5–12 cm; peduncle and pedicels more or less pubescent and stellate hairy; bracts ovate to linear-lanceolate, 5–10 mm, slightly pubescent on both surfaces, later glabrescent, apex acuminate. Flowers 10–12 mm in diam.; pedicel 5–8 mm. Hypanthium pubescent abaxially at base. Sepals persistent and reflexed (rarely spreading) in fruit, triangular, abaxially sparsely pubescent, apex obtuse or acute. Petals oblong or obovate, 5–7 mm. Stamens 40–50, 1.5–2 × as long as petals. Style terminal. Follicles cylindric, ca. 3 mm, glabrous; fruiting pedicel erect. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Sep.
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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

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Open forests; 200--1500 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol [Japan, Korea, Mongolia].
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Sorbaria sorbifolia

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Species: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

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Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Sorbaria sorbifolia

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Sorbaria sorbifolia is commonly known as False Spiraea, also spelled False Spirea. It is a deciduous perennial plant in the Rosaceae family. It is also known by its older names of Spiraea sorbifolia L. and Schizonotus sorbifolius (L.) Lindl[1]. Other common names are False Goat's Beard, Appleberry, Sorb-leaved Schizonotus, and Ural False Spirea.

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Description

It is a shrub reaching 1 to 1.5 m. It bears compound, alternate, toothed leaflets which resemble ferns or sumac.[2] Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches.

It's Chinese name is zhen zhu mei.

Distribution

Sorbaria sorbifolia grows naturally in temperate areas of Asia including Siberia, the Soviet Far East of Russia, China, Japan and Korea[3]. It has been introduced as a garden ornamental elsewhere into Europe and North America[4].

Uses

False Spirea is used as an ornamental shrub in North America and Europe.

References

  1. ^ Integrated Taxonomic Information System Report for Sorbaria sorbifolia
  2. ^ Ontario Trees & Shrubs - False Spirea
  3. ^ USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network
  4. ^ USDA PLANTS Profile for Sorbaria sorbifolia
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