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Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Family Rosaceae
Filipendula rubra (Hill) B.L.Rob.
queen-of-the-prairie
Filipendula: Latin filum for "thread" and pendulus for "hanging," referring to small tubers strung together by fibrous roots of one species
rubra: Latin for red
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-7' tall, smooth forb |
| Flower: | pink, 5-parted, 1/8"-1/3" wide, circle of 5-15 pistils; inflorescence a 4"-8" wide, branched, tall, dense cluster (panicle) of stalked flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | dry, smooth, straight, erect, oblong seed |
| Leaf: | once pinnately-divided, side leaflets 3-5 lobed; end leaflet kidney-shaped in outline, up to 8" wide, deeply cut into 5-9 parts |
| Habitat: | full sun; wet to moderate moisture; meadows, prairies, woods; in sandy, loamy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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