蚊子草属（Filipendula Adans．）为植物界之一植物属。该植物于植物分类表上，归于被子植物门（Angiospermae）蔷薇亚纲（Rosidae）蔷薇亚科（Rosoideae），同科者尚有棣棠花属（Kerria DC．）、悬钩子属（Rubus L.）等等。

Filipendula is a genus of 12 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Well-known species include Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), both native to Europe, and Queen-of-the-forest (Filipendula occidentalis) and Queen-of-the-prairie (Filipendula rubra), native to North America.