This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Filipendula rubra. Rose Family. June - July.
A tall, smooth-stemmed, branching plant, 2 - 8 feet high, found in meadows, prairies. Pennsylvania to Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky and Georgia.
Deep pink, fragrant, 5 divisions, borne in large clusters.
Compound 7 - 9-parted, terminal leaflet largest, lobed and toothed.
 
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