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Definition of Spiraea prunifolia
1. Noun. Shrub having copious small white flowers in spring.
Generic synonyms: Spiraea, Spirea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiraea Prunifolia
Literary usage of Spiraea prunifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1852)
"... 2 Pelargonium Annais; G Azalea indica, var. and other plants. Cut flowers,—Spiraea
prunifolia. From EM Richards, 24 varieties of cut flowers. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"spiraea prunifolia Sieb. & Zucc.. a low shrub with lateral umbels of white,
commonly double flowers s"-6" broad, is much planted for ornament, ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"C spiraea prunifolia Sieb. & Zucc. Bridal-wreath spiraea Deciduous shrub Cultivated
and occasionally persisting on abandoned homesteads or roadsides. ..."
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