| 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, Ovate, Spatulate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves pinnately compound, finely-divided, leaflets to 2cm long; florets small, white (pink in bud), fragrant, and in astilbe-like panicles. | |