Thalictrum
Thalictrum is a genus of 120-200 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae.[1] The common name is meadow-rue. They are not related to the rues (family Rutaceae).
They are perennial herbaceous plants, growing to 0.5-2.5 m tall depending on the species. They are usually found in shaded or damp locations.
The leaves are alternate, bipinnately compound, commonly glaucous blue-green in colour.
The flowers are small and apetalous (no petals), but have numerous long stamens, often brightly white, yellow, pink or pale purple, and are produced in conspicuous dense inflorescences. In some species (e.g. T. chelidonii, T. tuberosum), the sepals are large, brightly coloured and petal-like, but in most they are small and fall when the flower opens or soon after.
ExpandRead about Thalictrum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Species
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- Thalictrum alpinum Alpine Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum aquilegifolium Greater Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum calabricum
- Thalictrum chelidonii
- Thalictrum clavatum Mountain Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum cooleyi Cooley's Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum delavayi Chinese Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum diffusiflorum
- Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum dipterocarpum
- Thalictrum fendleri Fendler's Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum flavum Yellow Meadow-rue or Common Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum foeniculaceum
- Thalictrum foetidum
- Thalictrum glaucum
- Thalictrum ichangense
- Thalictrum javanicum
- Thalictrum kiusianum
- Thalictrum lucidum
- Thalictrum macrostylum Piedmont Meadow-rue or Small-leaved Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum minus Lesser Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum morrisonii
- Thalictrum occidentalis Western Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum orientale
- Thalictrum reniforme
- Thalictrum petaloideum
- Thalictrum polygamum Tall Meadow rue (syn. T. pubescens)
- Thalictrum revolutum Waxyleaf Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum rochebrunianum
- Thalictrum simplex Small Meadow-rue
- Thalictrum thalictroides Rue-anemone (syn. Anemonella thalictroides)
- Thalictrum tubersosum Meadow-rue
Thalictrum is a taxonomically difficult genus with poorly understood species boundaries; it is in need of further taxonomic and field research for clarification.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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