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Pink Meadowsweet

Pink Meadowsweet

Prairie Home

Pink Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba 'rosea'

Description: Pink Meadowsweet occurs in sedge meadows and wet to wet-mesic prairies.

This is a low, deciduous, woody shrub, usually up to 3-6' high. Leaves are alternate, simple, unlobed, finely serrate, without hairs. The five-petaled flowers are pink, very small, and fuzzy. The fruit is follicle.

Flowers bloom June to August.

Did You Know?

Mussels, One being in a person's hand

Certain freshwater mussels can live up to 100 years in the right conditions. This lifespan is one of the longest for any creature on earth.