Spiraea prunifolia (Introduced)

Spiraea prunifolia Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 131-132, pl. 70 131 1835. (Syn: Spiraea prunifolia var. plena C.K. Schneid.; Spiraea thunbergii var. prunifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Wenzig);

Japan, European Russia (I), Korea (I), Australia (I) (New South Wales (I)), China (I) (Commonly cultivated in China), Pakistan (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Georgia (I), Illinois (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), North Carolina (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Pennsylvania (I), Tennessee (I), Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I)) as per Catalogue of Life;
 
Deciduous shrub, up to 1.8 m tall with slender arching branches, finely pubescent when young; leaves ovate-elliptic, 25-45 mm long, finely toothed, softly pubescent beneath; flowers white, double, 9-12 mm in diam, in sessile 3-6 flowered umbels; pedicels 12-25 mm long, bracts leaf-like, 5-7 mm long; hypanthium hairy outside, shorter than sepals; sepals triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm long; petals white longer than sepals, obovate to suborbicular. 

 
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Spiraea prunifolia Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1(4): 450 450 1905.  var. prunifolia
Common name: Bridal Wrealth
Deciduous shrub, up to 1.8 m tall with slender arching branches, finely pubescent when young; leaves ovate-elliptic, 25-45 mm long, finely toothed, softly pubescent beneath; flowers white, double, 9-12 mm in diam, in sessile 3-6 flowered umbels; pedicels 12-25 mm long, bracts leaf-like, 5-7 mm long; hypanthium hairy outside, shorter than sepals; sepals triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm long; petals white longer than sepals, obovate to suborbicular.
Often planted in gardens, photographed from above Cheshma Shahi and Harwan Garden in Kashmir. 

I had photographed this plant in May this year, knowing that I had seen this plant earlier but could not place it. Aarti ji also uploaded this plant but I could not help her. Today while scanning and making pdf file of my old publications, I stumbled upon this plant from this entry:
"A deciduous shrub with slender branches, 2-5 cm long denticulate leaves, flowers white, double in sessile umbels" 
and I knew, I had my plant. The plant was originally recognised as Spiraea prunifolia var. plena Schneid., but is now considered merely as type variety. I had compiled this paper in 1975 published only in 1983, as I had left for Delhi in 1975.
Spiraea prunifolia Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1(4): 450 450 1905. var. prunifolia
Common name: Bridal Wrealth
Deciduous shrub, up to 1.8 m tall with slender arching branches, finely pubescent when young; leaves ovate-elliptic, 25-45 mm long, finely toothed, softly pubescent beneath; flowers white, double, 9-12 mm in diam, in sessile 3-6 flowered umbels; pedicels 12-25 mm long, bracts leaf-like, 5-7 mm long; hypanthium hairy outside, shorter than sepals; sepals triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm long; petals white longer than sepals, obovate to suborbicular.
Often planted in gardens, photographed from above Cheshma Shahi and Harwan Garden in Kashmir.
I am also enclosing the paper so that any one visiting Kashmir may be benefitted.
 
 
 
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