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The mountain shrub ''Spiraea alba '' is commonly known as '''narrowleaf meadowsweet''', '''pale bridewort''' or '''pipestem''' and is found in the wet soils of the [[Allegheny Mountains]]. <ref>Venable, Norma Jean (1992), [http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/flowers/wldflwrs.htm ''Common Summer Wildflowers of West Virginia''], [[WVU Extension Service]].</ref>
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The narrowleaf meadowsweet reaches 8 feet in height. It is often the most conspicuous part of the vegetation in its habitat, taking up large areas of ground. The white flowers grow in spikelike clusters at the top of the plants. The leaves are oblong or lance-shaped and toothed on the edges. The twigs are tough and yellowish brown. The hollow, upright stems were used historically as pipe stems. It flowers from early summer through September.  
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Spiraea alba, Dur. (S. salicifolia var. paniculata, Ait. S. lanceolata, Borkh.). Queen Of The Meadow. Meadow-Sweet. Attractive upright shrub, attaining 6 ft., with reddish brown branches puberulous when young: lvs. narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, usually regularly simply serrate, l 1/2 – 2 1/2 in. long: fls. white, in leafy pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading ramifications much longer than their supporting lvs.; stamens white, usually as long as petals: follicles quite glabrous. June-Aug. From N. Y. west to Mo., south to Ga. and Miss. B.B. (ed.2)2:245. —Also known as S. salicifolia.
 
Spiraea alba, Dur. (S. salicifolia var. paniculata, Ait. S. lanceolata, Borkh.). Queen Of The Meadow. Meadow-Sweet. Attractive upright shrub, attaining 6 ft., with reddish brown branches puberulous when young: lvs. narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, usually regularly simply serrate, l 1/2 – 2 1/2 in. long: fls. white, in leafy pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading ramifications much longer than their supporting lvs.; stamens white, usually as long as petals: follicles quite glabrous. June-Aug. From N. Y. west to Mo., south to Ga. and Miss. B.B. (ed.2)2:245. —Also known as S. salicifolia.
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width: ⇔ 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Flower features: ❀ red, pink, white
Scientific Names

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The mountain shrub Spiraea alba is commonly known as narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort or pipestem and is found in the wet soils of the Allegheny Mountains. [1]

The narrowleaf meadowsweet reaches 8 feet in height. It is often the most conspicuous part of the vegetation in its habitat, taking up large areas of ground. The white flowers grow in spikelike clusters at the top of the plants. The leaves are oblong or lance-shaped and toothed on the edges. The twigs are tough and yellowish brown. The hollow, upright stems were used historically as pipe stems. It flowers from early summer through September.


Read about Spiraea alba in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Spiraea alba, Dur. (S. salicifolia var. paniculata, Ait. S. lanceolata, Borkh.). Queen Of The Meadow. Meadow-Sweet. Attractive upright shrub, attaining 6 ft., with reddish brown branches puberulous when young: lvs. narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, usually regularly simply serrate, l 1/2 – 2 1/2 in. long: fls. white, in leafy pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading ramifications much longer than their supporting lvs.; stamens white, usually as long as petals: follicles quite glabrous. June-Aug. From N. Y. west to Mo., south to Ga. and Miss. B.B. (ed.2)2:245. —Also known as S. salicifolia. CH


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References

  1. ↑ Venable, Norma Jean (1992), Common Summer Wildflowers of West Virginia, WVU Extension Service.

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