Plant of the Week

Queen-of-the-prairie
Filipendula rubra (Hill) Robins.
other common names: meadow sweet
Filipendula: from Latin filum for “thread” and pendulus for “hanging,” in reference to the small tubers strung together by the fibrous roots of one species
Rubra: from Latin, meaning “red”
Rose family: Rosaceae

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition