Itea virginica

Virginia sweetspire
Flowering branch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Iteaceae
Genus: Itea
Species: I. virginica
Binomial name
Itea virginica
L.

Itea virginica (Virginia sweetspire or Virginia willow) is a plant in the Iteaceae.

Description

I. virginica is a shrub with alternate, simple leaves, on arching stems. The flowers are white, borne in summer. It has deciduous to semievergreen shrub and grows from 3' to 6' tall. It is a multistemmed, suckering and colonizing plant. The stems branch infrequently except at the tops.

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