Pacific ninebark
Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.7 m
- wide
- —
Rosaceae
Formerly Neillia capitata, Opulaster capitatus, Physocarpus tomentosus, Spiraea capitata, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Alaska to W. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 99 cm to 2.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 头状风箱果
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Physocarpus capitatus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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