Meadowsweet

One of the positive grassland indicator plants in ACRES, which agricultural advisors will be glad to see when scoring Low Input Grassland fields in ACRES General or fields in Cooperation Project areas. Leaves are silvery on the underside and have three to five pairs of larger leaflets with small leafy bits in between and the terminal leaflet is three lobed. Meadowsweet grows tall quickly and on long reddish stems produces frothy tiny white flowers, clustered in sprays shaped like a champagne flute. The sweetly scented pollen rich flowers attract insects, although they do not contain nectar. Meadowsweet is part of our native Irish biodiversity.