Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum thalictroides
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum thalictroides
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thalictrum thalictroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-001:
Thalictrum thalictroides FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Anemonella thalictroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syndesmon thalictroides
COMMON NAME:
Windflower, Rue-anemone
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_syth_001_lvd
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1500_a
March Oconee County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm3112_13
March Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm3112_18
March Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_thalictroides
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_thalictroides_26
March
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1500_b
April Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_08
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
An umbel of 3+ flowers and small, roundish, shallowly lobed leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_11
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Upper leaves whorled, each w 3 leaflets, tips usually with 3 shallow lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090405_075
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Its single tier of leaves distinguish it from Isopyrum biternatum, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm090405_075b
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
The white sepals surround a cluster of stamens and pistils [superior ovary], per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3608
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
5-to-10 petaloid sepals, usually at least some flowers have 6 or more, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Rue-anemone and False Rue-anemone
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JK Marlow jkm220427_7344
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Achenes short-stipitate; body ovoid to fusiform, 3-4.5mm, prominently 8-10-veined, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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Keith Bradley kab_t_thalictroides_1203
April Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_thalictroides_2
April
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Steve Marlow snm100403_114
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Tim Spira tpstthalictroides4
April
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum thalictroides
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum thalictroides
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Thalictrum thalictroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-001:
Thalictrum thalictroides
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Anemonella thalictroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syndesmon thalictroides
1500
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound, basal leaves with 2+ levels of compoundness
Basal & whorled
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5-10 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence umbellate
FRUIT:
Spring
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p268
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p179
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p034
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p127
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p212
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p100
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p131
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p392
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p175
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p015
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p075
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p308
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p043
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p064
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p451
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p051
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