| Accepted name: |
Filipendula vulgaris Moench |
| Synonym(s): |
-Filipendula pentapetala Gilib.
-Filipendula hexapetala Gilib.
-Spiraea filipendula L.
-Ulmaria filipendula (L.) Hill
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| English names: |
Common Queen-of-the-meadow
Dropwort
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| French names: |
Filipendule commune
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HFILVU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In Central Europe formerly cultivated as medicinal plant (roots, herbs and flowers as a drug). Recently in North America and occasionally in other regions grown for the young leaves, used as an ingredient for salads and soups. In Britain wine was flavoured by dried leaves(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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