Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
Hosts 1 caterpillarBird foodPollinator plant
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Growing it
| When | Flowers July to August |
|---|---|
| Type | shrub |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | High, low, medium |
| Soil | pH 5–7 |
| Hardiness | zone 3–7 |
| Mature height | 1.5 m |
| Mature spread | 1.5 m |
| Spacing | 1 m |
| Years to maturity | 3 |
| Bloom | Jul–Aug |
| Flower colour | White read from a published flora |
| In bloom | July August |
| Native to | AB, SK |
lance-shaped leaves about 6 cm long; several stems from the base
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 83 records, high confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 60 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 28 records, high confidence
- Churchill River Upland north SK: 3 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
132 documented relationships.
nectar for
- A Digger Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- A Flower Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Adelphocoris rapidus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Aerial Yellowjacket Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- American Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ancistrocerus adiabatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ancistrocerus catskill Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena crataegi Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Andrena forbesii Clint Otto et al. 2020
- Andrena nivalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Aphilanthops frigidus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Aphrodite Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Arctic Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Arctic Yellowjacket Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Atlantis Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bald-faced Hornet Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bellamira scalaris Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bicoloured Sweat Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bicyrtes ventralis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Bronze Copper Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee globi_clint_otto_russ_bryant_and_ned_h_euliss_jr_2020_the_u_s_geol,globi_inaturalist_org
- Calligrapher Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Chalcosyrphus curvaria Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Clytus ruricola Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Common Wood-Nymph Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Confusing Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Coral Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Cyrtophorus verrucosus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Dejongia lobidactylus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Dolichovespula norvegicoides Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Drone Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eastern Calligrapher Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eastern Pine Elfin Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eastern Tailed-Blue Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ectemnius arcuatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ectemnius continuus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ectemnius maculosus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eight-spotted Forester Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Epistrophe grossulariae Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Epuraea aestiva Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eristalis anthophorina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eristalis flavipes Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eumenes crucifera Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Euodynerus foraminatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eupeodes americanus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Eurimyia stipatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Evodinus monticola Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Golden Northern Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Goldenrod Soldier Beetle Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Grammoptera subargentata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Gray Hairstreak Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Great Golden Digger Wasp Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Great Spangled Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Half-black Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Halictus confusus Clint Otto et al. 2020
- Helophilus fasciatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Himmelman's Plume Moth Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hylaeus basalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hylaeus modestus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Hystricia abrupta Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Isodontia mexicana Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Lasioglossum versans Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Leucozona americana Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Lomographa semiclarata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Lomographa vestaliata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Lopidea instabilis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Macropis nuda Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mallota bautias Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Mallota posticata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Meadow Fritillary Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Melanostoma mellina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Meliscaeva cinctella Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Monarch Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- New York Carpenter Ant Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Amber Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Azure Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Northern Paper Wasp Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Orange-legged Furrow Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Painted Lady Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Palthis angulalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pearl Crescent Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Philanthus bilunatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Philanthus gibbosus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Philanthus sanbornii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Physocephala furcillata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Physocephala tibialis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Physoconops obscuripennis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Prochoerodes lineola Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Pyrausta orphisalis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red Admiral Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Red-shouldered Pine Borer Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium acadica Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium calanus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium edwardsii Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Satyrium liparops Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Sericomyia lata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Sericomyia militaris Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Spear-marked Black Moth Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Sphaerophoria contigua Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Spotted Cucumber Beetle Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Stratiomys badia Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Summer Azure Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Symmorphus albomarginatus Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Synanthedon exitiosa Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Synanthedon pictipes Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Tapinoma sessile Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Trachysida mutabilis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Trichiotinus assimilis Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Trichodezia albovittata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Tricoloured Bumble Bee globi_www_bumblebeewatch_org,globi_inaturalist_org
- Tropidia quadrata Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Vespula acadica Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Vespula consobrina Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Vespula maculifrons Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Viceroy Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Virginia Ctenucha Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- White Admiral Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Yellow Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow-collared Scape Moth Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
pollen for
- Black-shouldered Drone Fly Small 1976
- Confusing Bumble Bee Small 1976
- Parhelophilus laetus Small 1976
- Platycheirus rosarum Small 1976
- Tricoloured Bumble Bee Small 1976
- Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Small 1976
caterpillar host for
- Meadow Fritillary Specimen records from ecdysis.org
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Buying it
About $25–$50 per plant (estimate), usually from a native-plant nursery. Estimate (shrub default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate