Horticulture 221
Identification Characteristics - Shrub List #4
J. E. Klett

ROSACEAE

Sorbaria sorbifolia - Ural False Spirea

Leaves - Alternate, pinnately compound, 13-23 leaflets, lanceolate to ovate lanceolate, doubly serrate, usually glabrous or nearly so beneath.

Twigs - Stout, glabrous usually green sometimes with tinge of pink.

Flowers - White, June-July in panicles to 10 inches long that are erect and dense.

Fruit - dehiscent follicles.

Growth Habit - Upright shrub, that spreads fairly rapidly by suckers.

HABIT	LEAF
FLOWER	FRUIT