OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Thalictrum coriaceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-003:

Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Thalictrum coriaceum

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Thalictrum steeleanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thalictrum caulophylloides

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thalictrum coriaceum

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist


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image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thca6_001_lvd

        

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thco2_001_lvd

        

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Samantha Tessel    sam_050522_7959

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

[Like T. dioicum] the male flowers have drooping filaments, which are extremely thin (filiform), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Samantha Tessel    sam_050522_7960

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

The female flowers have maroon stigmas, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Samantha Tessel    sam_052722_8172

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Achenes are borne on a stipe that is 0.7-2.5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Samantha Tessel    sam_052722_8173

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Upper leaves subsessile (vs. those of T. dioicum petiolate), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Dan Whitten    sdw_3999

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

T. coriaceum flowers May-July (vs. T. dioicum flowering March-April), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Dan Whitten    sdw_tcoriaceum

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Flowers in a loose, widely branched, pyramid-shaped panicle on separate male and female plants, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

Samantha Tessel    sam_0169

August    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaflets have 4 or more lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0048

September    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid-of-the-mist

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0049

September    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thalictrum coriaceum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-003:
Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Thalictrum coriaceum

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Thalictrum steeleanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum caulophylloides

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum coriaceum

 

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1899

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

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

Inflorescence paniculate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes

 

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