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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Thalictrum clavatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-002:

Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thalictrum clavatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue


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image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thcl_001_lvd

        

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm230322_1973

March    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

Alan S. Weakley    asw_245439511232281

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

Alan S. Weakley    asw_587343483362066

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

The southern mountains' only Thalictrum w perfect [bisexual] flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

Alan S. Weakley    asw_964134978265160

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm0504t_25

April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that resemble Thalictrum

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm120506_430

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm120506_538

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

Filaments of stamens are white & dilated, suggesting club-shaped petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm120517_910

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm140517_836

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm140517_838b

May    Transylvania County    NC

Filaments spreading in all directions(unlike T. dioicum's strongly drooping filiform filaments), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm140627_496

June    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm140627_499

June    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

Achene scimitar-shaped. Inflorescence branches stiff and diverge at acute angles, per Weakley's Flora (2023).


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image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8260

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm230609_3901

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaflets kidney-shaped or oval, broader toward tip, 4-7 lobed, 1-1.5" wide, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).

image of Thalictrum clavatum, Mountain Meadowrue, Lady-rue

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3928

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thalictrum clavatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-002:
Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum clavatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1495

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: seepages, moist forests, spray cliffs at waterfalls, brookbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2+ levels of compoundness
Basal & mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (filaments)
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
Petals absent
Numerous petaloid stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence paniculate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes

 

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