| Bridal Wreath Spirea |
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| File size | 117953 |
| Original date | 5/6/12 2:25 PM |
| Resolution | 708 x 531 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Spiraea prunifolia var. prunifolia Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Spiraea prunifolia var. integrifolia
Synonyms: Spiraea prunifolia var. integrifolia
Bridal wreath spirea is a gracefully arching shrub
up to 6 ft in height and width. The stem is slender, shiny, brown. It
has deciduous 2.5-5 cm ovate leaves with fine teeth on the margins.
The flowers are snowy white and double, about 8 mm across,
and produced all along the stems in open corymbs of 3-6, each cluster
about 6 cm across. Bridal wreath spirea is native to China, cultivated
elsewhere.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Kashmir. |
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