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Filipendula

Filipendula rubra (Hill) B.L. Robinson. Common name: Queen-of-the-prairie. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Jul-Sep. Habitat: Fens, wet meadows, seeps, over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: PA west to n. IL and MN, south to WV, w. VA, w. NC, e. TN (Roane County, fide Gattinger 1901), and MO (reports from GA appear to be unsubstantiated).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The closest relatives of F. rubra are the other two members of section Albicoma: F. palmata (Pallas) Maximowicz and F. angustifolia (Turczaninow) Maximowicz, both of ne. Asia.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA9, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Va, W, WV, Robertson (1974), Schanzer (1994); = Ulmaria rubra Hill — S13. Basionym: Ulmaria rubra Hill 1768

Links to other floras: = Filipendula rubra - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous and at times colony-forming perennial of fens, wet meadows and seeps over mafic or calcareous rocks.

Stems: Stems unbranched and mostly smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (petiole often red), to 2 ft. long (reduced upward), mostly pinnately divided into 3-7 palmately or pinnately lobed and coarsely toothed leaflets, with much smaller leaflets scattered between.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers many, in a 6- to 9-in.-wide terminal panicle on a reddish-green stalk rising above leaves and blooming from the bottom upward; pink; about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals and numerous long white stamens with pink anthers.

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Height: 2-6 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous and at times colony-forming perennial of fens, wet meadows and seeps over mafic or calcareous rocks.

stems: Stems unbranched and mostly smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (petiole often red), to 2 ft. long (reduced upward), mostly pinnately divided into 3-7 palmately or pinnately lobed and coarsely toothed leaflets, with much smaller leaflets scattered between.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers many, in a 6- to 9-in.-wide terminal panicle on a reddish-green stalk rising above leaves and blooming from the bottom upward; pink; about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals and numerous long white stamens with pink anthers.

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