NameThatPlant.net: Filipendula ulmaria

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 Go to FSUS key

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INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Filipendula ulmaria ssp. ulmaria FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Queen-of-the-Meadow, Meadowsweet

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Filipendula ulmaria FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Filipendula ulmaria ssp. ulmaria FAMILY Rosaceae

4185

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, cultivated and sometimes escaped or persistent, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

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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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