Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica L.f.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 1.7 m
Rosaceae
Also called Japanese spiraea
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- China to N. Myanmar, C. & S. Japan, TaiwanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 2.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 白升麻, 绣线菊子, 光叶粉花绣线菊
- Czech
- tavolník japonský
- Welsh
- erwain Japan
- Danish
- Japansk Spiræa
- Finnish
- japaninangervo
- Upper Sorbian
- Japanska wjerbička
- Japanese
- シモツケ
- Dutch
- Japanse spierstruik
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Japanspirea
- Polish
- Tawuła japońska
- Russian
- Спирея японская
- Swedish
- Praktspirea
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Spiraea japonica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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