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Thunberg's Meadowsweet🌸
Spiraea thunbergii
ユキヤナギ
A deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family that bears small white five-petaled flowers like snow along its supple branches. It is widely planted in gardens and parks.
Identification Points
- ✓細い枝が弓状にしだれる
- ✓白い小花を枝いっぱいにつける
- ✓葉は線状披針形
Habitat
庭園・公園・河原の植栽（在来）
Season
3〜4月（花）
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Petal count
5 petals
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
3-4
Phylogenetic Positionバラ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Rosales > Rosaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (approx. 90 million years ago onward)
Sources & References
🤖Claude AI
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