Common name:
Meadowsweet
Family:
Scientific name:
Filipendula ulmaria
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 120 cm
Habitat:
Damp grassland, marshes, fens, wet woodland, riverbanks
Flowers:
Up to 10 mm in diameter, with five triangular sepals, five creamy-white petals, angled downwards when mature, and many thin stamens, topped by brownish anthers. Flowers are numerous, arranged in arched clusters
Leaves:
Pinnate, with one to four pairs of large lateral leaflets and a few much smaller leaflets in between, and a terminal leaflet deeply divided into three lobes. All leaflets are dark green, hairless above, downy below, and lined by jagged, red-tipped teeth
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
