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Filipendula vulgaris · pievinė vingiorykštė

  • fern-leaf dropwort
  • Kleines Mädesüß, Knolliges Mädesüß
  • pievinė vingiorykštė
  • lielziedu vīgrieze
  • wiązówka bulwkowa, wiązówka bulwkowata

It is found in dry pastures across much of Europe and central and northern Asia. The tuberous roots and young leaves can be cooked as a vegetable or eaten raw as a salad. The taste is bitter sweet. The mature leaves smell of oil of wintergreen when crushed, due to the release of methyl salicylate.

It has finely-cut, fern-like radical leaves which form a basal rosette, and an erect stem 20–50 cm tall bearing a loose terminal inflorescence of small creamy white flowers. The flowers appear in dense clusters from late spring to midsummer atop sparsely leafed stems about 30 cm tall. This plant prefers full sun or partial shade. It is more tolerant of dry conditions than most other members of its genus. It is a perennial of chalk and limestone downs and on heaths on other basic rocks.

Paplitusi Europoje, vidurio ir šiaurės Azijoje. Aukštis 30-60 cm. Lapai pražanginiai, smulkūs. Žiedynas baltas, susitelkęs šluotelėje, žydi birželio-liepos mėnesiais. Pievinė vingiorykštė auga sausose pievose, saulėtuose šlaituose.