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Written by Amy Demers, founder of the Connecticut Foraging Club. To learn more about foraging in Connecticut, check out our upcoming classes.
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Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) is a non-native edible and medicinal plant in the rose family that flowers in July.
Meadowsweet can be identified by its reddish stem and creamy-white flowers with five petals. The flowers have a sweet, almondy scent. The flowers can be used to flavor mead or panna cotta. They can also be added to jam for a subtle almond flavor.
Meadowsweet contains salicylic acid, which is the active ingredient in Aspirin. In fact, Aspirin was named after the old botanical name for meadowsweet, Spiraea alba.
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Written by Amy Demers, founder of the Connecticut Foraging Club. To learn more about foraging in Connecticut, check out our upcoming classes.
