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Ranunculaceae
Thalictrum

Thalictrum Linnaeus. Common name: Meadow-rue.

Key to Thalictrum

A genus of about 330 species, perennial herbs, of Eurasia, North America, South America, and Africa. Ro & McPheron (1997) corroborated via molecular phylogeny that Anemonella should be included in Thalictrum; in fact, T. thalictroides appears to form a "basal" subclade in Thalictrum with T. clavatum (and presumably T. mirabile).

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Subfamily: Thalictroideae.

ID notes: Thalictrum thalictroides is superficially similar to Enemion biternatum, but can be distinguished by the following characters: fruit an achene (vs. fruit a follicle), petaloid sepals 5-10 (vs. 5).

References: Carr (2016); Park (1992); Park & Festerling (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Ro & McPheron (1997); Tamura (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Thalictrum clavatum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Thalictrum dioicum, Staminate Flowers (left), and Pistillate Flowers (right), Conasauga Limestone Outcrop, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Thalictrum dioicum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Thalictrum thalictroides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Thalictrum cooleyi | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Thalictrum coriaceum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Thalictrum pubescens | Original Image ⭷

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