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Knolliger Geissbart

Filipendula vulgaris

Summary ⁸

Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), also known as Fern-leaf Dropwort, is a perennial herb of the family Rosaceae closely related to Meadowsweet. It is found in dry pastures across much of Europe and central and northern Asia mostly on lime.

Growth ⁹

It has finely-cut, radical leaves, fern-like in appearance which form a basal rosette, and an erect stem 20–50 centimetres (8–20 in) tall bearing a loose terminal inflorescence of small creamy white flowers. The flowers appear in dense clusters from late spring to mid summer atop sparsely leafed stems about 30 cm tall.

This plant prefers full sun to partial shade. It is more tolerant of dry conditions than most other members of its genus. It is a perennial of chalk and limestone downs and on heaths on other basic rocks.

Cultivation ⁹

Propagation is by seed and the division of the creeping roots. The tuberous roots and young leaves can be cooked as a vegetable or eaten raw as a salad. The taste is bitter sweet. Mature leaves smell of oil of Wintergreen when crushed, due to the release of Methyl Salicylate.

Uses ⁹

Filipendula vulgaris flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea for treatment of rheumatism, gout, infections, and fever.

Associations ¹⁰

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / gall
larva of Dasineura sp. nov. causes gall of live leaf of Filipendula vulgaris

Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Erysiphe ulmariae parasitises live Filipendula vulgaris

Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Triphragmium filipendulae parasitises live leaf of Filipendula vulgaris

Foodplant / parasite
embedded sorus of Urocystis filipendulae parasitises live radical leaf (midrib) of Filipendula vulgaris
Remarks: season: 5
Other: major host/prey

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Adapted by Bea Steinemann from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula_vulgaris
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula_vulgaris
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