| Scientific Name: | Filipendula purpurea |
| Common Name: | Japanese meadowsweet |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Irregular, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Rugose, Orbicular, Dentate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, Purple, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Green, Brown, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump forming; leaf blades 5-7 lobed, toothed, and up to 25cm wide, petioles 5-15cm long. | |