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| |genus=Filipendula | | |genus=Filipendula |
| |species=ulmaria | | |species=ulmaria |
− | |common_name=Queen of the meadows | + | |common_name=Queen of the meadows, Meadowsweet |
| |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |habit=bulbous | | |habit=bulbous |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |max_zone=9 | | |max_zone=9 |
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| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
| + | |image_caption=Meadowsweet |
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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> |
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| + | 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'''. |
− | | growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc --> | + | |
− | | high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) --> | + | 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. |
− | | wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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− | | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| + | 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. |
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− | | lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| + | 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. |
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− | | color = IndianRed
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| 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. | | 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. |
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| + | Image:Meadowsweet Rust.JPG|The [[Meadowsweet Rust gall]] on leaf midrib |
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