Spiraea douglasii

Douglas spiraea

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Douglas spiraea is a California native shrub found in northern coastal California, Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada, and western Modoc Plateau in moist areas and conifer forests at elevations below 2,060 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces delicate pink to rose flowers in compact clusters. Growing with stems 1 to 2 meters tall and slightly woolly in texture, it develops a robust and spreading form. Its leaves are generally oblong to elliptic, measuring 3 to 9 centimeters long with short petioles less than 10 millimeters in length. The plant's soft pink blossoms and tendency to grow in moist woodland settings make it a distinctive feature of western mountain landscapes.

Habitat: Moist areas, conifer forest

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: < 2060 m

Bioregions: n NCo, KR, CaR, n SNH, w MP

California counties: Butte, Siskiyou, Humboldt, Plumas, Del Norte, Trinity, Tehama, Shasta, Mendocino, Lake, Lassen, Nevada, Modoc, Kern, Sierra, Riverside, Mariposa

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.