Spiraea douglasii - Douglas spirea

Douglas spirea (Spiraea douglasii) is a deciduous shrub native to western North America, its seeds infused for diarrhoea and its branches historically bundled into brooms.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Spiraea douglasii | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 5 seconds ↩