Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum hepaticum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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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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