NameThatPlant.net: Thalictrum dioicum

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum dioicum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-004:

Thalictrum dioicum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

COMMON NAME:
Early Meadowrue

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum dioicum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-004:
Thalictrum dioicum FAMILY Ranunculaceae

1496

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: seepages, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2+ levels of compoundness
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish (stamens)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescence paniculate

FRUIT:
Spring
Aggregate of achenes

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