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Holodiscus Discolor
Shrub to approx. 12 feet tall. Grows in dry meadows, open woods, or thickets from low to mid elevations. Produces cream colored, foamy looking blooms in mid-summer. The leaves are reddish-tinged in autumn. It is a larval host plant to at least three native butterfly species.
Native
Thanks, I use the mobile app, which for some reason often drops the scientific name.
A cream bush, a plant that is medicinal.
http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/her...
Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jun 15, 2012
