Biology:Sorbaria tomentosa

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Sorbaria

Sorbaria tomentosa
Sorbaria tomentosa - Kashmir False Spirea on way from Govindghat to Gangria at Valley of Flowers National Park - during LGFC - VOF 2019 (1).jpg
In bloom at Valley of Flowers National Park, India
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbaria
Species:
S. tomentosa
Binomial name
Sorbaria tomentosa
(Lindl.) Rehder (1938)
Synonyms[1]

Sorbaria tomentosa, the Himalayan sorbaria or Kashmir false spirea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A shrub with white flowers that can grow up to 6 metres in height.[2] It is native to Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Himalayas, and has been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand.[1][3] It has gone extinct in Tajikistan.[1] Its putative variety Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia, the narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:741584-1. 
  2. Coutts, J; Osborn, A; Edwards, A (1954). Preston, G.H.. ed. The Complete Book of Gardening. Great Britain: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. pp. 399. 
  3. Qureshi, Tabish. "Kashmir False Spirea". Flowers of India. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kashmir%20False%20Spirea.html. 
  4. "Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/58235/Sorbaria-tomentosa-var-angustifolia/Details. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10535014 entry