ROSACE^E ROSE FAMILY 



Spircea latifolia, (Ait) Borkh. 



Flesh-pink Meadowsweet. 



August 



Spircea: from Greek, to twist, in allusion to the twisting 



of the pods in some species. 

 Latifolia: Latin for leaves on the side. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: borders of ponds. 



THE PLANT: erect; the stem simple or branched above, 

 wiry, usually buff-coloured. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; generally ovate; practically hair- 

 less; acute at the apex; narrowed at the base; coarsely 

 serrate. 



THE FLOWERS: small; crowded in panicles, pyramidal, 

 blunt, and branched; the prominent stamens pink-red. 



THE FRUIT: follicles. 



This plant has delicately tinted flowers, "like miniature 

 apple-blossoms," crowded in feathery clusters at the top 

 of a buff stem, on which are freely set the light green leaves. 



ROSACE^E ROSE FAMILY 



Spircea tomentosa, L. 



Pink Steeple-bush, Meadow-soap, 



Hard-hack, Silver-leaf, 



July-September Rosy-bush, Silver-weed. 



Poor man' s-soap, 



Spircea: for derivation see latifolia. 



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