Dropwort
Scientific Name:Filipendula vulgaris


NOTES: "Dropwort" comes from the tubers that hang like drops from the root. Crushed leaves and roots have a scent of wintergreen (methyl salicylate).

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Dropwort
Genus species: Filipendula vulgaris
Common Name: Dropwort
Family Name: Rosaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, woody vines, shrubs, and trees; leaves mostly alternate, simple to compound, usually conspicuously stipulate; flowers mostly bisexual, regular; fruit types vary.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:J.D. Mancini