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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum thalictroides   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_syth_001_lvd

        

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1500_a

March    Oconee County    SC

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Roxanna Martin    rlm3112_13

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Roxanna Martin    rlm3112_18

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_thalictroides

March        

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_thalictroides_26

March        

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1500_b

April    Oconee County    SC

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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).

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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).

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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).

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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).

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Rue-anemone and False Rue-anemone

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE fruits that are an aggregate of achenes

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Keith Bradley    kab_t_thalictroides_1203

April    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_thalictroides_2

April        

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

Steve Marlow    snm100403_114

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Thalictrum thalictroides, Windflower, Rue-anemone

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

 

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1500

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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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

 

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