Sorbaria tomentosa

Sorbaria tomentosa
	In bloom at Valley of Flowers National Park, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Sorbaria
Species:	S. tomentosa
Binomial name
	Sorbaria tomentosa; (Lindl.) Rehder (1938)
Synonyms
	List Basilima lindleyana (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze; Schizonotus aitchisonii (Hemsl.) Skeels; Schizonotus lindleyanus Wall. ex Steud.; Schizonotus tomentosus Lindl. (1840); Sorbaria gilgitensis Zinserl.; Sorbaria lindleyana (Wall. ex Lindl.) Maxim.; Sorbaria olgae Zinserl.; Sorbaria sorbifolia var. lindleyana (Wall. ex Lindl.) K.Koch; Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia (Wenz.) Rahn; Spiraea aitchisonii Hemsl.; Spiraea lindleyana Wall. ex Lindl.; Spiraea sorbifolia var. angustifolia Wenz.; ;

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]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ Coutts, J; Osborn, A; Edwards, A (1954). Preston, G.H. (ed.). The Complete Book of Gardening. Great Britain: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. p. 399.
^ Qureshi, Tabish. "Kashmir False Spirea". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

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[741584-1-1] "Sorbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[2] Coutts, J; Osborn, A; Edwards, A (1954). Preston, G.H. (ed.). The Complete Book of Gardening. Great Britain: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. p. 399.

[3] Qureshi, Tabish. "Kashmir False Spirea". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[4] "Sorbaria tomentosa var. angustifolia narrow-leaved Himalayan sorbaria". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

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