Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Thalictrum macrostylum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Small-leaved Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum macrostylum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-007:
Thalictrum macrostylum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Thalictrum subrotundum
COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Meadowrue, Small-leaved Meadowrue
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JK Marlow jkm060429_156
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmacrostylum_lr1
May Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8589
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8592
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Filaments clavate [club-shaped, thickened toward apex], longer than anthers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8593
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Upper leaves subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8595
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaflets entire to 3-lobed, averaging about 10mm wide, the broadest usually < 20 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
COMPARE
leaves that resemble Thalictrum
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8598
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211116_5037
November Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211116_5057
November Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Thalictrum macrostylum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum macrostylum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-007:
Thalictrum macrostylum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Thalictrum subrotundum
2068
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in moist places, perhaps associated with circumneutral soils, moist to dry ultramafic outcrop barrens (over olivine), tidal freshwater marshes, rarely pineland seepages with calcareous substrate, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Complexly compound, with 2+ levels of pinnate and/or ternate compoundness
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Unisexual and bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4(-6) sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence paniculate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes
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