Seasonal Wild Flowers

Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Rosaceae

June to September

It is found throughout the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Meadowsweet

It grows in damp, freshwater habitats where water levels

fluctuate, e.g., damp woods, grassland, marshes, fens,

and beside streams, rivers, canals, ponds, ditches.and

paths.

Meadowsweet is a sweet smelling, attractive, native,

perennial herb, growing up to 120cm and forming

extensive stands.

Flowers are creamy white in foaming clusters.

Flowers are up to 8mm, with 5 or 6 petals,

There are numerous stamens, which are longer than

the petals.

There are 6-10carpels, which become twisted in the fruits.

Leaves are up to 60cm and made up of pairs of

conspicuously veined, toothed leaflets.

Stems are woody

Meadowsweet in a damp hedgerow

Foamy clusters of flowers

Stamens and petals

Stamens and carpels

Fruits

Leaves