NameThatPlant.net: Thalictrum hepaticum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum hepaticum FAMILY Ranunculaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Appalachian Tall Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum pubescens FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Thalictrum pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Thalictrum revolutum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Thalictrum pubescens var. hepaticum

INCLUDED WITHIN & NOMEN NUDUM VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-009?:

Thalictrum polygamum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & NOMEN NUDUM Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thalictrum polygamum

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Tall Meadowrue

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum hepaticum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum pubescens FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thalictrum pubescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Thalictrum revolutum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Thalictrum pubescens var. hepaticum

INCLUDED WITHIN & NOMEN NUDUM VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-009?:
Thalictrum polygamum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & NOMEN NUDUM Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum polygamum

4296

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: seepage areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (filaments)
Radially symmetrical
4(-6) sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescence paniculate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes

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