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Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Filipendula

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Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
FlowerPhoto: Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (52)
Arabic
إكليلية المروج, ملكة المروج, آكليل أبيض, إكليليه المروج, بوقيصي, عراوة ملك المروج, لحية التيس
Armenian
Փրփրուկ թեղանման
arz
اكليلية المروج
Asturian
Ulmaria
azb
قار آغاجیارپاق قوشقونماز
Azerbaijani
Qarağacyarpaq quşqonmaz
ba
Еркәүек
Basque
Nasai-lore
Belarusian
Вятроўнік вязалісты, Вятроўнік, Мядуніца, Папоўнік, Парджыла, Парыла
Bulgarian
Блатен тъжник, Брястолистно орехче, Отвратниче
Catalan
Reina dels prats, Barba de cabra, Filipèndula ulmària, Herba blanca, Herba foradada, Orgull dels prats, Reine-des-prés, Senyora dels Prats
Chinese
旋果蚊草子, 兔毛蒿, 合叶子, 旋果蚊子草
Croatian
Končara
Czech
Tužebník jilmový
Danish
Almindelig mjødurt, Mjødurt
dsb
Bagnowa smalanka
Dutch
Moerasspirea, Koningin der weiden
English
Meadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Queen-Of-The-Meadow, Mead wort
Estonian
Harilik angervaks, Angerpüdse, Angerpüks, Angervaks, Hobuseurmarohi, Lepavorm, Naba-arnikas, Püst
Finnish
Mesiangervo, Niittymesiangervo
French
Reine-des-prés, Fausse spirée, Filipendule, Reine des prés, Reine-des-pres, Spirée ulmaire
Galician
Herba ulmeira, Filipéndula, Herba das abellas, Raíña dos prados
German
Echtes Mädesüss, Echtes Mädesüß, Reine-des-prés, Spierstaude
Hebrew
עוקצנית
hsb
Bahnowa smjetanka, Mjedawka
Hungarian
Réti legyezőfű
Icelandic
Mjaðjurt, Mjaðurjurt, Mjaðurt
Irish
Airgead luachra
Italian
Olmaria, Spirea ulmaria
Japanese
セイヨウナツユキソウ
kbd
Сэтэней
Korean
메도스위트
kw
Medhles
Latvian
Parastā vīgrieze, Vīgrieze
li
Moerasspirea
Lithuanian
Pelkinė vingiorykštė, Reine-des-prés
Macedonian
Сурутарка, Медуника
Norwegian Bokmål
Mjødurt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Mjødurt
Persian
اسپیره
Polish
Wiązówka błotna
Romanian
Crețușcă
Russian
Таволга вязолистная, Белоголовник, Лабазник вязолистный, Медуница, Медунка болотная, Таволожник
Serbian
Суручица
Slovak
Túžobník brestový
Slovenian
Brestovolistni oslad, Brestovolistna medvejka, Brestovolistna sračica, Kaška svetega Ivana, Medvedovo latje, Medvejka, Medvejno latje, Močvirski oslad
smn
Tejârääsi
Spanish
Ulmaria, Altarcina, Reina del prado, Ulmarina
Swedish
Älggräs, Algräs, Karsöta, Kassöta, Mjödört, Rarört, Reine-des-prés, Älgört
Turkish
Çayırkraliçesi
Ukrainian
Гадючник в'язолистий
Welsh
Erwain, Chwys Arthur

Synonyms

  • Filipendula ulmaria subsp. quinqueloba (Baumg.) Podp.
  • Filipendula ulmaria var. nivea (Wallr.) Schinz & R.Keller
  • Spiraea quinqueloba Baumg.
  • Spiraea ulmaria L.
  • Spiraea ulmaria f. tomentosa (Hayne) St.-Lag.
  • Spiraea ulmaria subsp. denudata (J.Presl & C.Presl) Schübler & G.Martens
  • Spiraea ulmaria var. tomentosa Gaudin
  • Spiraea ulmaria var. tomentosa Hayne
  • Thecanisia ulmaria (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Thecanisia ulmaria (L.) Raf.
  • Ulmaria pentapetala Gilib.
  • Ulmaria ulmaria (L.) Barnhart

Flowers

In flower
June to July (from 3,776 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.