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|accepted_name=Itea virginica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 199. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Virginia-willow;Virginia sweetspire;Virginia-tea
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iteaceae;Itea;Itea virginica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iteaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Itea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Itea virginica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 6
|treatment_page=page 7
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>1–3 m. <b>Stems</b> erect or arching, forming clumps by underground runners, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 3–10 mm; blade elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, 2–9 × 1–4 cm, margins glandular-serrate to serrulate or minutely denticulate. <b>Racemes</b> arching, 20–80-flowered, 4–15 cm, rachis puberulent. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–3.5 mm, puberulent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals erect or slightly divergent, narrowly oblong, 0.6–1 mm, apex acute; petals narrowly oblong, 3.5–6 mm; filaments 1–2 mm, pubescent; styles longitudinally grooved. <b>Capsules</b> ± reflexed, cylindric, 0.7–1 cm, styles persistent, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 1–1.4 × 0.4–0.9 mm, smooth, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Swamps, wet woods, stream banks, streamheads, beaver ponds
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Itea virginica</i> is widely cultivated for its showy inflorescences, fragrant flowers, and colorful fall foliage.</p>
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name=Itea virginica
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iteaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Swamps, wet woods, stream banks, streamheads, beaver ponds
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Itea
|species=Itea virginica
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