Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum coriaceum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Appalachian Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thca6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thco2_001_lvd
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0048
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p395
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p396
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p016
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p051
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