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Virginia sweetspire

Itea virginica, commonly known as Virginia willow or Virginia sweetspire, is a small North American flowering shrub that grows in low-lying woods and wetland margins. Virginia willow is a member of the Iteaceae family, and native to the southeast United States. Itea virginica has small flowers on pendulous racemes.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Itea virginica
Family: Iteaceae
Genus: Itea
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Saxifragales
Hardiness: Zone 4
Habit: shrub
Bloom: Mid Spring