Queen-Of-The-Meadow
Filipendula ulmaria
Rosaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Perennial
Native distribution
Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Europe and Asia; Naturalized in Eastern N. Amer.
Biocultural value
Flower buds contain salicylic acid, a precurser to the synthesized form, acetylsalicylic acid, commonly known as aspirin.
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Robison Herb Garden
Source of plant
Botanischer Garten Rhododendron Park
Description
Perennial reaching 6' in height; leaves mostly 1' to 8' long, including the long petiole, with 2 to 5 pairs of main leaflets, each 1" to 3" long, ovate, sharply doubly serrate, usually white-tomentose beneath, theterminal leaflet longer, 3-lobed; flowers cream-white, petals 1/8" long.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
medicinal/pharmaceutical
Status
L3|SNR|GNR