| Accepted name: |
Spiraea alba Du Roi |
| Synonym(s): |
-Spiraea salicifolia L. var. lanceolata Torr. & A. Gray
-Spiraea latifolia (Aiton) Borkh.
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| English names: |
White Meadowsweet
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| French names: |
Spirée blanche
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WSPIAL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Immature seeds: STOP BLOOD FLUX. Root valued for its TONIC and ESCULENT properties, while the herbage is used for its ASTRINGENT and DIURETIC properites. To PREVENT NAUSEA and VOMITING (*4). |
| Key Characters: |
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