Meadowsweet – Filipendula ulmaria (quart pot)

Description

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

A fabulous tall and regal herb for treating headaches and all pain – like willow bark, the blossoms contain salicylic acid, similar to aspirin. Flowers are held in big cloud-like clusters – can get to 6 feet tall. A nice match to plant with valerian. Flowers are white with a bit pink behind them and smell wonderful and almond-like.

Astringent herb – tannins tighten membranes and can also alleviate digestive upsets.

Use as a tea – fresh or dried or as a tincture. I also use dried blossoms in salve making as a pain reducer and tightener.

Needs moisture – but tends to do fine in average garden soil. Sun or part sun.

This herb is sometimes called Queen of the Meadow; its cousin, native herb Filipendula rubra – a pink-flowered version – is known as Queen of the Prairie.