Sorbaria tomentosa
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Detailed description
A spreading to suckering shrub to 4m high, often forming thickets. Stems are erect with branches spreading or curving downwards, young stems green and shiny. Oblong leaves with up to 10 pairs of leaflets 6-11cm long x 1.3-3cm wide, borne on 9cm long stalk. Leaves pale-green and hairless. Middle leaves lack stalk and are narrow lance-shaped, rounded at the base and with veins strongly impressed on the upper surface giving a wrinkled appearance; margins serrated. White to pale pink flowers borne on loose drooping inflorescence about 35cm long. Flowering Dec-Jan. Fruits are long and brown, 2.5-3 mm long.
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Rosaceae
Ecology
Flowering
December, January
Year naturalised
1920
Origin
Himalaya
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
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