Spiraea chamaedryfolia, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 5

8. S. chamaedryfolia L. , Sp. Pl. 489 (1753)

(S. ulmifolia Scop.). Up to 2 m, denselybranched; stems angular, brown, glabrous. Leaves up to 7 x 4 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or rhombicelliptical, acute, entire at thebase, irregularly or doubly serrate towards the apex, glabrous. Inflorescence c. 4 cm, pedunculate, hemispherical, many-flowered; pedicels c. 10 mm. Sepals triangular-ovate, revolute; petals c. 6 mm, orbicular, shorter than stamens. Follicles glabrous, shining, with remains of style at apex. Low woodland and scrub. Carpathians, S.E. Alps, mountains ofBalkan peninsula. Au Bu Cz It Ju Rm Rs (W) [Ga Ge He].