Flat clusters of small pink flowers top leafy stems. This garden shrub can escape cultivation and form dense patches.
Japanese Meadowsweet field photographs. Select the photo to open the slideshow.
Family: Rosaceae
Growth: Deciduous shrub
Bloom: Summer
Habitat: Escaped plantings, roadsides, and disturbed edges
Other common names
Japanese Meadowsweet · Japanese Spiraea
Bloom timing varies with location and growing conditions. Source: NC State Extension.
Explore photographed sightings and their locations.
Habitat
Escaped plantings, roadsides, and disturbed edges
Bloom period
Summer
Non-native in North America.
Eastern Asia; introduced in North America.
Range reference: NC State Extension.
Observations show reported sightings; they do not define the plant’s complete native range.
Study the photographs and field notes for Japanese Meadowsweet, then practice identifying this and other wildflowers in the quiz.
Field photographs: Where’s Wildlife.
NC State Extension — identification and range
iNaturalist — Japanese Meadowsweet observations
