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'''''Filipendula ulmaria''''', commonly known as '''Meadowsweet''', is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]] in the family [[Rosaceae]], which grows in damp [[meadow]]s. It is native throughout most of [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]] though it has been introduced and naturalized in North America. [[Juncus subnodulosus-Cirsium palustre fen-meadow|''Juncus subnodulosus''-''Cirsium palustre'' fen-meadow]] [[plant association]]s of Western Europe consistently include this plant.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009</ref> Meadowsweet has also been referred to as '''Queen of the Meadow''', '''Pride of the Meadow''', '''Meadow-Wort''', '''Meadow Queen''', '''Lady of the Meadow''', '''Dollof''', '''Meadsweet''' and '''Bridewort'''. The stems are 1–2 m (3-7 ft) tall, erect and furrowed, reddish to sometimes purple. The [[leaf|leaves]] are dark green on the upper side and whitish and downy underneath, much divided, interruptedly pinnate, having a few large serrate leaflets and small intermediate ones. Terminal leaflets are large, 4–8 cm long and three to five-lobed. Meadowsweet has delicate, graceful, creamy-white [[flower]]s clustered close together in handsome irregularly-branched [[Cyme (botany)|cymes]], having a very strong, sweet smell. They flower from June to early September. Meadowsweet leaves are commonly galled by the bright orange rust fungus [[Meadowsweet Rust gall|Triphragmium ulmariae]] which creates swellings and distortions on the stalk and / or midrib. {{Inc| Ulmaria, Maxim. (Spiraea ulmaria, Linn. Ulmaria pentapetala, Gilib. U. palustris, Moench). Queen of the Meadows. Height 2-6 ft.: lvs. glabrous or puberulous above, whitish tomentose beneath; terminal lfts. 3-5-lobed, 2—4 in. long, lateral lfts. smaller, ovate, coarsely doubly serrate: fls. white, in rather dense paniculate cymes: achenes about 10, semi-cordate, almost glabrous, twisted. June-Aug. Eu., W. Asia to Mongolia; naturalized in some places in the eastern states. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:249. Var. denudata, Maxim. (F. denudata, Rydb.). Lvs. green beneath and nearly glabrous. Var. aureo-variegata, Voss, has the lvs. variegated with yellow. Var. plena, Voss (var. flore-pleno, Hort.). Fls. double. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Meadowsweet Rust.JPG|The [[Meadowsweet Rust gall]] on leaf midrib Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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