Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Filipendula ulmaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Filipendula ulmaria ssp. ulmaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Filipendula ulmaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Filipendula ulmaria
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Filipendula ulmaria var. ulmaria
COMMON NAME:
Queen-of-the-Meadow, Meadowsweet
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_061917blairsville14
June Union County GA
Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_061917blairsville15
June Union County GA
Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center
Terminal leaflet with 3-5 palmate lobes; lateral leaflets unlobed, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_061917blairsville16
June Union County GA
Georgia Mountain Research & Education Center
The tiny, very fragrant flowers have 5 white petals & numerous long stamens, per New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US (Rawlins et al., 2018).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Filipendula ulmaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Filipendula ulmaria ssp. ulmaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Filipendula ulmaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Filipendula ulmaria
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Filipendula ulmaria var. ulmaria
4185
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, cultivated and sometimes escaped or persistent, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound; terminal leaflets palmately lobed
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
Leaves have petioles.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes horizontal, stout (plants in clumps)
FLOWER:
Summer
White to cream
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Inflorescence an anthela, w lateral flowering branches exceeding the main axis
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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