Japanese name: イブキシモツケ（伊吹下野） Scientific name:Spiraea dasyantha
[Overview]
A deciduous shrub 1–1.5 m tall, growing on rocky, gravelly ground in mountains and along the coast.
The branches are slightly arched.
Young branches are pale reddish brown and densely covered with short brown hairs.
The leaves are alternate, 1.5–7 cm long and 0.7–2 cm wide, ovate to rhombic-elliptic, sometimes 3-lobed, with irregular, notched teeth.
The veins on the upper surface of the leaf are sunken, and young leaves are densely covered with soft hairs.
The underside of the leaf has brown hairs.
The petiole is 0.2–1.1 cm long and has soft hairs.
Corymbs at the branch tips bear about 20–30 white 5-petaled flowers.
There are 20 stamens, longer than the petals.
The fruit is a follicle.
