Common name
English: Giant False Spiraea
German: Chinesische Federspiere
Mandarin: 高丛珍珠梅 (gao cong zhen zhu mei)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)
Order: Rosales (123)
Family: Rosaceae (59)(family description)
Genus: Sorbaria (1)
Epithet: arborea C.K.Schneid. (6)
Synonym: Sorbaria kirilowii (Regel & Tiling) Maxim.
arborea => like a tree
kirilowii => in honor of Porfiri Yevdokimovich Kirilow (1801-1860?), Russian botanist
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white