Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mountain Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thcl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0504t_25
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaflets kidney-shaped or oval, broader toward tip, 4-7 lobed, 1-1.5" wide, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
COMPARE
leaves that resemble Thalictrum
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtclavatum_cane1
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm120506_428
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120506_430
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120506_542
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
The southern mountains' only Thalictrum w perfect [bisexual] flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120506_550
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120517_910
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm120517_916
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140517_836
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140517_838b
May Transylvania County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_clavatum_6_2
May
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JK Marlow jkm140627_496
June Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Achene concave or straight on the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140627_499
June Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Achene scimitar-shaped. Inflorescence branches stiff & diverge at acute angles, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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JK Marlow jkm180821_3928
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain