Filipendula

Taxobox
name = "Filipendula"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Filipendula ulmaria"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Filipendula"
genus_authority = Miller
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Filipendula angustiloba" "Filipendula glaberrima" "Filipendula kamtschatica" "Filipendula kiraishiensis" "Filipendula multijuga" "Filipendula occidentalis" "Filipendula palmata" "Filipendula purpurea" "Filipendula rubra" "Filipendula ulmaria" "Filipendula vestita" "Filipendula vulgaris"

"Filipendula" is a genus of 12 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Well-known species include Meadowsweet ("F. ulmaria") and Dropwort ("F. vulgaris"), both native to Europe, and Queen-of-the-forest ("F. occidentalis") and Queen-of-the-prairie ("F. rubra"), native to North America.

The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with large inflorescences of small five-petalled flowers, creamy-white to pink-tinged in most species, dark pink in "F. rubra".

"Filipendula" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and The Satellite have all been recorded on Meadowsweet.

The species were in the past sometimes treated in a broad view of the genus "Spiraea", but genetic research has shown that they are less closely related than previously considered.