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|accepted_name=Spiraea salicifolia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 489. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Bridewort;willowleaf meadowsweet
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Spiraea amena
|authority=Rafinesque
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Spiraeeae;Spiraea;Spiraea salicifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Spiraeeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spiraea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Spiraea salicifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 401, 407
|treatment_page=page 402
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 10–20 dm, thicket forming. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending or spreading, rarely branched. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2–6 mm; blade narrowly rhombic to rhombic or lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, usually widest at middle, 3–7 × 1–3 cm, length 3–5 times width, chartaceous, base acute, margins sharply serrate to serrulate nearly to base, number of primary and secondary serrations 1 times number of secondary veins (excluding inter-secondary veins), venation pinnate craspedodromous, secondary veins not prominent, regularly terminating in primary teeth, inter-secondary veins usually 1–4 per leaf, apex acute, abaxial surface mostly puberulent, adaxial glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> mostly terminal, cylindric to obconic panicles, 5–10 × 2–4 cm height 2–5 times diam.; branches sometimes in axils of leaves, puberulent or glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–6 mm, puberulent or glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> 4–7(–10) mm diam.; hypanthia hemispheric, 0.8–1 mm, abaxial surface glabrous or sparsely puberulent, adaxial glabrous; sepals ovate, 0.8–1 mm; petals pink, elliptic to widely obovate, 1.8–2 mm; staminodes 0; stamens 28–32, 2 times petal length. <b>Follicles</b> oblanceoloid, 4 mm, glabrous, adaxial suture glabrous or ciliate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug; fruiting Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Old homesteads in moist areas, flood plains
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ga.;Ky.;Mich.;Miss.;N.C.;Vt.;Va.;e Europe;e Asia;introduced also in w;c Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Spiraea salicifolia</i> is escaped from cultivation in northeastern North America. K. Sax (1936) reported a specimen of <i>S. salicifolia</i> as tetraploid; it is possible that it was not a European specimen, so this count may be unreliable.</p><!--
--><p>The name <i>Spiraea salicifolia</i> is often misapplied to individuals of <i>S. alba </i>var.<i> alba</i> or <i>S. alba </i>var.<i> latifolia</i> (see discussion above). In addition, being a cultivated species that has been popular in gardens and likely introduced and escaped in various hybridized forms, the intermediates and potential hybrids with native taxa can make identification difficult. For problematic specimens that appear to be hybrids, see A. J. Silverside (1988, 1990).</p>
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name=Spiraea salicifolia
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Spiraea amena
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug; fruiting Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Old homesteads in moist areas, flood plains
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ga.;Ky.;Mich.;Miss.;N.C.;Vt.;Va.;e Europe;e Asia;introduced also in w;c Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Spiraeeae
|genus=Spiraea
|species=Spiraea salicifolia
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