SPIREAS 



Spirae'a spp. 



B150 

 (2 leaves) 



DOUGLAS SPIBEA (S. 



Flowers pink or rose, small, numerous. 

 in rather narrow, elongated, showy end 

 clusters (panicles) 2 to 8 in. long 



Seed pods (follicles) usually 5, small, 

 dry, hairless, shining, each tipped by 

 an erect, threadlike stalk (style), 

 several-seeded; seeds small 



Stems and twigs reddish brown, some- 

 what woolly-hairy especially when 

 young, striped or ridged 



Leaves alternate, oblong to narrow- 

 oblong, 1 to 4 in. long, rounded or 

 somewhat pointed at both ends, un- 

 equally saw-toothed around edges 

 above the middle, green above, short- 

 white-woolly-hairy beneath, short- 

 stalked 



5. lucid 



BIKCHLEAF SPIREA (S. 



Flowers white, small, numerous, in 

 rather dense, flat-topped, branched, 

 hairless end clusters (corymbs) up to 

 4 in. across 



Stamens numerous, longer than the 5 

 petals, attached to a ringlike disk in 

 the mouth of the bell-shaped outer 

 united flower parts (calyx) 



Stems and twigs straight, not much 

 branched, hairless, yellowish brown to 

 brownish, slender 



Seed pods (follicles) usually 5, small 

 (about % in. long), dry, hairl 

 shining, several-seeded; seeds small 



Leaves alternate, larger toward twig 

 ends, broadly egg-shaped or somewhat 

 oblong, usually sharp-pointed (some- 

 times rounded) at tip, about 1 to 3 in. 

 long, coarsely saw-toothed or cut and 

 doubly saw-toothed along edges of 

 upper % or % of leaves, smooth and 

 shiny above, pale beneath, short- 

 stalked 



