Appearance
Growing to 1.5 m tall and broad, ''Spiraea thunbergii'' is a small, long-lived shrub with thin, flexible stems. The flowers are white, borne in abundance in spring and early summer. The alternate, simple, almost linear leaves are semi-deciduous.
Naming
Other common names include baby's breath spirea. The Japanese common name is ''yuki-yanagi''.This is one of several plants whose Latin specific epithet ''thunbergii'' honours the Swedish botanist and plant collector Carl Peter Thunberg .
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