Sorbaria tomentosa | |
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In bloom at Valley of Flowers National Park, India | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Sorbaria |
Species: | S. tomentosa
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Binomial name | |
Sorbaria tomentosa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sorbaria tomentosa, the Himalayan sorbaria or Kashmir false spirea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A shrub with white flowers that can grow up to 6 metres in height. [2] It is native to Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Himalayas, and has been introduced to the South Island of New Zealand. [1] [3] It has gone extinct in Tajikistan. [1] Its putative variety Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia, the narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [4]