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Meadowsweet – Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet is a herbaceous perennial on a stout rootstock, 1-1.2m tall with irregularly pinnate, inversely lance shaped leaves and corymbs of fluffy,creamy flowers in the summer. The leaves have a pleasant , aromatic scent.

Meadowsweet grows in moist to boggy soil, or by a pond margin, in sun or partial shade. It dislikes acid soil, propagated by seed sown in spring or in autmn and overwintered in a cold frame or by division in autumn or spring.

Meadowsweet is taken as an infusion for heartburn , excess acidity, gastric ulcers, rheumatism, arthritis and urinary infections.

Meadowsweet leaves may be used to flavour soups and stews.

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