OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum dioicum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Thalictrum dioicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-004:

Thalictrum dioicum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Thalictrum dioicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Early Meadowrue


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image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thdi_001_lvd

        

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm200321_3293

March    Polk County    NC

[Pistillate flowers] Stigmas usually elongate, styles short or absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1753

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm0404x_34

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

[Staminate flowers] Stamens 1/4" long, threadlike, yellowish, in pendulous clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm0404y_16

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

All leaves have long petioles; leaflets may have as many as 9 rounded lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm070422_040

April    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm070422_043

April    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaflets kidney-shaped or oval, broader toward tip, 5-9 lobed, 0.5-2" wide, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm070422_048

April    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm120421_209

April    Hendersonvlle County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm120421_212

April    Hendersonvlle County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Comes into flower in early spring, before any of the other Thalictrum, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm120421_223

April    Hendersonvlle County    NC

Holmes Educational Forest

Sepals ovate or obovate, 1-3.5mm long. Anthers 1.5-3mm long, filaments longer, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm120426_696

April    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

Keith Bradley    kab_t_dioicum_1052

April    Polk County    NC

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm120505_043

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

Achenes coarsely ribbed, ellipsoid, subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm140517_821

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm140517_828

May    Transylvania County    NC

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

JK Marlow    jkm150508_942

May    Union County    GA

Sosebee Cove

image of Thalictrum dioicum, Early Meadowrue

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtdioicum_pw372

May        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum dioicum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thalictrum dioicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-004:
Thalictrum dioicum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1496

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: seepages, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2+ levels of compoundness
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish (stamens)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescence paniculate

FRUIT:
Spring
Aggregate of achenes

 

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