Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet
Spiraea latifolia
Rose Family - Rosaceae
Flowers small (1/8 to 1/4" wide), white to pale pink and 5-petalled. Leaves alternate, egg-shaped and coarsely toothed. Stems reddish brown and smooth.
(Photographed - July)
A relatively tall herb (2 to 6') with fuzzy appearing, cone-shaped, branching clusters of flowerheads.
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