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Life form: |
| Perennial herb |
Stems: |
| Height 100cm, erect, unbranched, bushy, clump-forming plant |
Leaves: |
| Alternate, pinnately compound, leaflets lanceolate and sharp double-sawed |
Flowers: |
| Plume-like spikes of tiny, pale yellow-white colored flowers |
Flowering Period: |
| June-July |
Fruits: |
| Capsule, pendant, glabrous, 3mm long |
Habitat: |
| Urban woods, roadsides, waste ground |
Distribution: |
| Feral in southern and central Sweden |
![Aruncus dioicus, Plymspirea, Wald-Geißbart, Geitenbaard, Goat's beard, Buck's-beard, Bride's feathers](jamtflow/Aruncus_dioicus_flower2.jpg)
Derivation of the botanical name:
Aruncus, Latin aruncus "the beard of the goat," a classical name used by Pliny for herbs commonly known as 'goat's beard'"
dioicus, Latin for dioecious, referring to the species having separate male and female plants.
- The standard author abbreviation Walter is used to indicate Thomas Walter (c. 1740 – 1789), a British-born American botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Fernald is used to indicate Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873 - 1950), an American botanist.
![Flowers in Sweden, Wildflowers, Aruncus dioicus, Plymspirea, Wald-Geißbart, Geitenbaard, Goat's beard, Buck's-beard, Bride's feathers](jamtflow/Aruncus_dioicus_flower3.jpg)
![Aruncus dioicus, Plymspirea, Wald-Geißbart, Geitenbaard, Goat's beard, Buck's-beard, Bride's feathers](jamtflow/Aruncus_dioicus_flower4.jpg)
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