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The whole herb possesses a pleasant taste and flavour, the green parts having a similar aromatic character to the flowers, hence the use of the plant as a strewing herb, strewn on floors to give the rooms a pleasant aroma, and its use to flavour wine, beer, and many kinds of vinegar. The flowers can be added to stewed fruit and jams, giving them a subtle almond flavour. Some foragers also use the flowers to flavour desserts such as panna cotta. A natural black dye can be obtained from the roots by using a copper mordant.
Meadowsweet grows on damp meadows, ditches, shore-side meadows, hedgerows and alder groves, waterside meadows that are prone to flooding, damp broad-leaved forests, rich mixed swamps, fens, springs.
Daugiametis, 60–150 cm žolinis augalas. Stiebas stačias, paprastas arba šakotas, briaunotas, plikas, gausiai lapuotas. Lapai pertrauktai plunksniški, viršutinis su 3–5 skiltimis. Žiedynas – tanki, iki 20 cm ilgio viršūninė šluotelė. Žiedai balti arba neryškiai rožiniai, kvapnūs. Vaisius – sudėtinis lukštavaisis; vaisiukai 5–9, pliki, susisukę spirališkai. Žydi birželio – liepos mėn. Auga pelkėse, šlapiose pievose, vandens telkinių pakrantėse, drėgnuose miškuose, kirtimuose.