Contains 6 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
THALICTRUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 545. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Thalictrum foetidum Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Thalictrum amphibolum | Skunk Meadowrue, Waxy Meadowrue | |||
| Thalictrum clavatum | Lady-rue, Mountain Meadowrue | |||
| Thalictrum coriaceum | Appalachian Meadowrue, Maid of the Mist | |||
| Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadowrue | |||
| Thalictrum macrostylum | Small-leaved Meadowrue | |||
| Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue-anemone, Windflower |
Identification Key
1. Plant to 30 cm tall; flowers solitary or in umbels, bisexual
1. Plant 40-200 cm tall; flowers in racemes or panicles, unisexual or unisexual and bisexual
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2. Leaflets linear to narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, (2.6–)4–26 times longer than wide
2. Leaflets nearly orbiculate, ovate, lanceolate to obovate, usually less than 4 times longer than wide
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3. Leaflet chartaceous to subcoriaceous, margins sometimes revolute (except the lobes), the underside glabrous; achenes short stipitate to sessile, glabrous to pubescent; sepals 1-2 mm long; anthers 0.5-1.2 mm long; stigma 0.6-1.7 mm long
3. Leaflet coriaceous with strongly revolute margins, the underside stipitate-glandular (or occasionally muricate or whitened papillose, rarely pubescent otherwise); achenes more or less sessile, often stipitate-glandular; sepals 3-4 mm long; anthers 1.5-2.8 mm long; stigma 2-3.5 mm long
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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| No synonyms found. | |||