Taxon: Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim.

Common names:

• meadowsweet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• queen-of-the-meadow   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• xuan guo wen zi cao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• älggräs   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide HerbSpices)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Xinjiang
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Czechoslovakia; Netherlands; Switzerland
  East Europe: Estonia

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Clapham, A. R. et al. 1962. Flora of the British Isles ed. 2.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. [introd.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Schanzer, I. A. 1994. Taxonomic revision of the genus Filipendula Mill. (Rosaceae). J. Jap. Bot. 69:314–316.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. [introd.].
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Filipendula ulmaria.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Filipendula ulmaria.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Spiraea ulmaria L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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