Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Roots/Tubers, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in soups. — All parts of the plant are edible.; Young leaves - cooked as a flavouring in soups.; Young leaves, flowers and roots are brewed into a tea.; The dried leaves are used as a flavouring, especially as a sweetener in herb teas.

Habitat & North American Range

Wet ground in swamps, marshes, fens, wet woods and meadows, wet rock ledges and by rivers, but not on acid peats. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)