Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum debile
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Sliding Toward Extinction: Thalictrum debile from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum debile
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Thalictrum debile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum debile
COMMON NAME:
Trailing Meadowrue
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_thalictrum_debile
March
Sepals whitish, lanceolate to ovate; filaments colored, not white, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_thalictrum_debile_1
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_thalictrum_debile_2
March
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thalictrum debile
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum debile
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Thalictrum debile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum debile
3862
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to wet forests over limestone, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 1-3 levels of compoundness, or simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
4(-6) sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Aggregate of achenes
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