Spiraea lucida

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|image=Spiraea lucida in Icicle Canyon, Chelan County Washington.jpg

|image_caption=In bloom in Icicle Canyon, Washington state

|image2=Spiraea betulifolia var lucida 2017-04-17 7249.jpg

|image2_caption=Foliage

|genus=Spiraea

|species=lucida

|authority=Douglas ex Greene

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• Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida {{small|(Douglas ex Greene) C.L.Hitchc.}}
• Spiraea betulifolia subsp. lucida {{small|(Douglas ex Greene) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde}}
• Spiraea corymbosa f. lucida {{small|(Douglas ex Greene) Zabel}}

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Spiraea lucida, the shiny-leaf meadowsweet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to western Canada as far as Saskatchewan, and the northwestern United States as far as the Dakotas.{{cite POWO |id=242426-2 |title=Spiraea lucida Douglas ex Greene |access-date=8 September 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://nwwildflowers.com/compare/?t=Spiraea+alba,+Spiraea+lucida |title=Flora of North America species comparison |author= |date=2023 |website=nwwildflowers.com |publisher=Northwest Wildflowers |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908123742/https://nwwildflowers.com/compare/?t=Spiraea+alba,+Spiraea+lucida |url-status=live }} In the past, due to its leaf morphology varying greatly because of the plants' tendency to die back to the ground in winter, it was considered a variety of Spiraea betulifolia, the white or birch-leaf meadowsweet.