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[1]
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

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.