Species
Sorbaria tomentosa
Family
Rosaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
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.
Flowering
December, January
Flower Colours
Red / Pink,White
Year Naturalised
1920
Origin
Himalaya
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010