NameThatPlant.net: Thalictrum debile

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

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

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Read Sliding Toward Extinction: Thalictrum debile from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum debile FAMILY Ranunculaceae

COMMON NAME:
Trailing Meadowrue

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum debile FAMILY Ranunculaceae

3862

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to wet forests over limestone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 1-3 levels of compoundness, or simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
4(-6) sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Aggregate of achenes

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