{
  "id": 16027292,
  "title": "Nature in river floodplains: Yellow Meadow Rue is \"Flower of the Year 2027\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/natur-in-flussauen-gelbe-wiesenraute-ist-blume-des-jahres-2027",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T09:33:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/forschung-innovation/natur-in-flussauen-gelbe-wiesenraute-ist-blume-des-jahres-2027/100264186.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The Loki Schmidt Stiftung has named the Yellow Meadow Rue (Thalictrum flavum) as the \"Flower of the Year 2027\". The plant, which is typically found in natural riverbeds and moist floodplains, has become rare due to river straightening and drainage. The Yellow Meadow Rue is on the pre-warning list of Germany's Red List and serves as an ambassador for living river floodplains. The Loki Schmidt Stiftung aims to raise awareness about the importance of natural riverbeds, citing that they support a third of all Central European species and provide benefits such as natural water filtration and flood protection.",
  "summary": "The Yellow Meadow Rue feels at home along rivers that wind their way through the landscape. However, these riverine landscapes are becoming fewer, as is the plant itself. This is why it has now been awarded a prize.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}