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.

Localities documented in tropicos sources ⁸

Filipendula ulmaria var. denudata Maxim.:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Liisa-Maija Harju, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/68309187@N00/2673952297
2. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Filipendula-ulmaria-63713.JPG
3. (c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=fiul_001_avd.tif
4. (c) "<a href=""http://nt.ars-grin.gov/"">ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory</a>. United States, MI, Ann Arbor.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=fiul_002_ahp.tif
5. (c) 2008 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=262542&one=T
6. (c) Ondřej Zicha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/315.jpg
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula_ulmaria
8. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22197826

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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