Rosaceae

Dropwort

Filipendula vulgaris Moench

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Filipendula

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Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) — FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (36)

Armenian: Փրփրուկ տափաստանային
arz: فليبيندولا فولجاريس
azb: عادی قوشقونماز
Azerbaijani: Adi quşqonmaz
ba: Аҡбаш
Belarusian: Вятроўнік звычайны, Вятроўнік шасціпялёсткавы, Земляныя арэшкі, Мядуніца, Папоўнік, Спірнік, Спірэй, Спірэя лясная
Bulgarian: Ливадно орехче
Catalan: Filipèndila
Chinese: 長葉蚊子草, 长叶蚊子草, 土庄绣线菊
Czech: Tužebník obecný
Danish: Knoldet Mjødurt
dsb: Kulawata smalanka
Dutch: Knolspirea
English: Dropwort
Estonian: Angerpist
Finnish: Sikoangervo
French: Filipendule, Filipendule commune, Spirée filipendule
German: Kleines Mädesüss, Kleines Mädesüß, Klein-Mädesüß, Knolliges Mädesüß
hsb: Dulkata smjetanka
Hungarian: Koloncos legyezőfű, Közönséges legyezőfű
Icelandic: Brúðarmjaðjurt
Irish: Lus braonach
Latvian: Lielziedu vīgrieze
Lithuanian: Pievinė vingiorykštė
Macedonian: Обичен тажник
Norwegian Bokmål: Knollmjødurt
Persian: اسپیره
Polish: Wiązówka bulwkowa, Wiązówka bulwkowata
Romanian: Aglică
Russian: Таволга обыкновенная, Земляные орешки, Лабазник обыкновенный, Лабазник шестилепестковый, Лабазник шестилепестный, Таволга степная
Slovak: Túžobník obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadni oslad
Spanish: Filipéndula, Palometas, Saxifragia colorada
Swedish: Brudbröd, Galtbröd, Somalla, Somilla, Svinbröd, Svinkrasse
Ukrainian: Гадючник шестипелюстковий
Welsh: Y grogedau

Synonyms

Filipendula filipendula (L.) Voss
Filipendula hexapetala Gilib.
Filipendula hexapetala Gilib. ex Maxim.
Filipendula hexapetala f. glabra (Ducommun) Gams
Filipendula hexapetala f. hevesiensis Degen ex Soó
Filipendula hexapetala f. pubescens (Fourr.) Gams
Filipendula hexapetala var. pleniflora Bergmans
Filipendula pubescens Fourr.
Filipendula vulgaris f. hevesiensis (Degen ex Soó) Soó
Spiraea angustifolia Mill.
Spiraea dasyantha var. pubescens (Fourr.) Wenz.
Spiraea filipendula L.
Spiraea filipendula f. apetala Brenner
Spiraea filipendula unranked glabra Ducommun
Spiraea filipendula var. minor Gouan ex Cambess.
Spiraea filipendula var. minor Gouan
Spiraea filipendula var. pubescens Cambess.
Spiraea filipendula var. vulgaris Cambess.
Spiraea filipendulina E.Vilm.
Spiraea gigantea Gand.
Spiraea noeana Gand.
Spiraea pubescens DC.
Spiraea tuberosa Salisb.
Spiraea vulgaris (Moench) Gray
Spiraea vulgaris var. plena Gray
Ulmaria angustifolia Rehder
Ulmaria filipendula (L.) Hill
Ulmaria filipendula (L.) A.Braun ex Asch.
Ulmaria filipendula (L.) Hill ex Focke
Ulmaria filipendula var. floreplena Rehder

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 2,366 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Oscar Dove, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Fiona Chan-Cary, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jess Green, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: olrett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Елена Патерикина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitry Lyskov, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Adam Mark Lucas-Krol, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.