Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia


1495

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in seepages, moist forests, spray cliffs at waterfalls, brookbanks, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Mostly ternately decompound; upper bracteal leaves ternately compound or simple
Basal & mostly alternate cauline

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-11-002:
Thalictrum clavatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Meadow-rue, Lady-rue