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Filipendula ulmaria

Summary 7

Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet or mead wort, is a perennial herb in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia (Near east and Middle east). It has been introduced and naturalised in North America.

Range description 8

Filipendula ulmaria is native to temperate Asia (Mongolia, Siberia and China), and north, central and east Europe except the high Arctic and much of the Mediterranean region. It has been cultivated and become naturalised in other regions in Europe and North America (USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program 2012, Heukels 2000). It occurs throughout much of Europe but is scarce in the Mediterranean regions and limited to montane environments.

Description 9

Plants 80–100 cm tall. Stems sulcate, glabrous. Stipules green, semicordate or ovate-lanceolate, herbaceous, margin sharply serrate; petiole glabrous; leaf blade pinnate, with 2–5 pairs of leaflets, abaxially white tomentose, sometimes a few basal leaflets glabrescent, adaxially glabrous; terminal leaflet 3–5-lobed, slightly smaller to slightly larger than lateral ones, lobes lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, margin doubly serrate or slightly lobed, apex acuminate; lateral leaflets oblong-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded, margin doubly serrate, apex acuminate. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate. Flowers bisexual, ca. 5 mm in diam.; pedicel sparsely pubescent. Sepals ovate, densely pubescent abaxially, apex obtuse or acute. Petals white, obovate. Achenes attached to receptacle adaxially near base, subsessile, spirally contorted and appearing united. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 14.

Synonym 10

Spiraea ulmaria Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 490. 1753.

Habitat and ecology 11

Habitat and Ecology

F. ulmaria is a perennial herb associated with damp or wet habitat types on neutral or calcareous fertile soils. It is common on sites where water levels fluctuate but absent from permanently water logged sites. The associated habitats include marshes, streams, riversides, wet deciduous woodland, damp meadows, swamps, fens, ditches, railway banks, damp roadsides and montane herb community habitats. However, it can sometimes persist and grow on north facing chalk grasslands which are often dry. It flowers from May to August (Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora 2012, Heukels 2000).

Systems
  • Terrestrial

Iucn red list assessment 12


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2014

Assessor/s
Lansdown, R.V.

Reviewer/s
Smith, K.

Contributor/s
Khela, S.

Justification
This species is classified as Least Concern due to its widespread distribution, stable populations and no major threats.

National nature serve conservation status 13

United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

Threats 14

Major Threats

There are no known past, ongoing, or future threats to this species

Sources and Credits

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