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'''''Sorbaria sorbifolia''''' is commonly known as '''False Spiraea''', also spelled '''False Spirea'''. It is a [[deciduous]] [[perennial plant]] in the [[Rosaceae]] family. It is also known by its older names of ''Spiraea sorbifolia'' L. and ''Schizonotus sorbifolius'' (L.) Lindl<ref>[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=25310 Integrated Taxonomic Information System Report for ''Sorbaria sorbifolia'']</ref>. Other common names are False Goat's Beard, Appleberry, Sorb-leaved Schizonotus, and Ural False Spirea.

It is a shrub reaching 1 to 1.5 [[meter|m]]. It bears compound, alternate, toothed leaflets which resemble [[ferns]] or [[sumac]].<ref>[http://ontariotrees.com/main/species.php?id=2038 Ontario Trees & Shrubs - False Spirea]</ref> Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches.

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Sorbaria sorbifolia, A. Braun (Spiraea sorbifolia, Linn. Basilima sorbifolia, Raf.). Fig. 3647. Upright shrub, 3-5 ft. high, much spreading by suckers: lfts. 13-23, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, doubly serrate, stellate-pubescent beneath when young or glabrous, 3-4 in. long: panicles 5-10 in. long; fls. 1/3 in. across: carpels and frs. glabrous. June, July. N. Asia, from Ural to Japan.—Sometimes escaped from cult.
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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