Queen of the Prairie

(Filipendula rubra)

 

   

 

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Queen of the Prairie (Filipendula rubra [Hill] B.L.Robbins)

Identification: Flowers small, deep pink, with 5 petals and numerous stamens. Flowers arranged in large, multiply branched, terminal clusters at the end of a long flower stalk. Leaves compound, very complex. Leaflets themselves deeply divided with clear spaces between patches of opposite leaflets. Plant 2 to 8 feet in height.

Distribution: Found in the west from Iowa and Michigan, eastward to New England, and southward to Georgia and and Missouri,

Habitat: Queen of the Prairie is found in prairies and meadows.

Flowering period: June to August.

Similar Species: The small, pink flowers and heavily divided leaves are distinctive features of this species.

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