Publication: Sida 18(3): 827-830, f. 1. 1999.
Origin: Native
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: Jepson Manual, 2nd Edition: "[According to the protologue (Sida 18: 827. 1999), Spiraea ×hitchcockii W. J. Hess & Stoynoff is a sterile (low pollen stainability; chromosomes mostly univalents), triploid (n = 27) hybrid between Spiraea douglasii Hook. var. menziesii (Hook.) C. Presl (a tetraploid, n = 18) and Spiraea splendens E. N. Baumann var. rosea (A. Gray) Kartesz & Gandhi (a diploid, n = 9)..."
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