| Scientific Name: | Filipendula vulgaris |
| Common Name: | dropwort |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Ground cover, Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Elliptic, Ovate, Spatulate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly basal, most 15-30cm long x 5-10cm wide, pinnately compound into ~20 leaflets that are 2-5cm long x 1-2cm wide mid-rachis, lobed and toothed; panicles astilbe-like, flowers 13-18mm wide, white (pink in bud), fragrant. | |