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Ranunculaceae
Thalictrum

not marked as a favorite taxon Thalictrum clavatum A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Lady-rue, Mountain Meadowrue. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Seepages, moist forests, spray cliffs at waterfalls, brookbanks. Distribution: A Southern Appalachian endemic: VA, WV, e. KY south through w. NC and e. TN to nw. SC and n. GA; all reported records of this species for AL are apparently T. mirabile (D. Spaulding, pers.comm, 2013).

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Section: Physocarpum.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA3, G, GW2, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, WV. Basionym: Thalictrum clavatum DC. 1818 [1817]

Links to other floras: = Thalictrum clavatum - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 3

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial found in seepages and moist forests, on waterfall spray cliffs and brook banks.

Stems: Stems slender, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, twice divided into 3; the ultimate leaflets are oval to round, 1/2-1½ in. wide, lobed at the tip, blue-green above and white beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in an open, spreading panicle; white; about 1/3 in. wide; pom-pom-shaped, lacking petals but with many flattened, white stamens and 5 diminutive to absent white sepals.

Fruits: Fruit a small, round head of 3-8 sickle-shaped achenes.

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Height: 6-24 in.

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description: Erect perennial found in seepages and moist forests, on waterfall spray cliffs and brook banks.

stems: Stems slender, smooth.

leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, twice divided into 3; the ultimate leaflets are oval to round, 1/2-1½ in. wide, lobed at the tip, blue-green above and white beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in an open, spreading panicle; white; about 1/3 in. wide; pom-pom-shaped, lacking petals but with many flattened, white stamens and 5 diminutive to absent white sepals.

fruits: Fruit a small, round head of 3-8 sickle-shaped achenes.

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