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Queen-of-the-prairie

Filipendula rubra

Found in fens, wet meadows, seeps, over mafic or calcareous rocks. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Modest

Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
6–8 feet
Spread
3–4 feet
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil moisture
Average to wet

Space about 3.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 8 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Bloom
June to July
Fruiting season
July to September

Not yet recorded · Life cycle · Leaves

Recorded in 3 West Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Mountain bogs and fens

Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss.

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

Seeps and springs

Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV
1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Filipendula

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Rosaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
Flower color
Pink
Fruit begins
July
Fruit ends
September
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Queen of the prairie

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS2
Global rankG4G5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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