| Scientific Name: | Sorbaria sorbifolia |
| Common Name: | false spiraea |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Aquatic - ponds, Erosion control, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Lanceolate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Thicket-forming shrub; leaves compound, 13-21 leaflets, lanceolate, serrate, sessile, dark green; flowers ~1cm wide, 5 white petals, hundreds per panicle. Winter ID: twigs round, light brown; buds alternate, ovoid, dark red-brown; leaf scars large, half-oval to 5 sided, with 3 large distinct leaf scars; persistent fruit. | |