Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Early Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Thalictrum dioicum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum dioicum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-004:
Thalictrum dioicum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Early Meadow-rue
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JK Marlow jkm200321_3293
March Polk County NC
[Pistillate flowers] Stigmas usually elongate, styles short or absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0404x_34
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
[Staminate] Stamens 1/4" long, threadlike, yellowish, in pendulous clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm0404y_16
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
All leaves have long petioles; leaflets may have as many as 9 rounded lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves that resemble Thalictrum
JK Marlow jkm070422_043
April Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaflets kidney-shaped or oval, broader toward tip, 5-9 lobed, 0.5-2" wide, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
JK Marlow jkm120421_212
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Comes into flower in early spring, before any of the other Thalictrum, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120421_223
April Hendersonvlle County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Sepals ovate or obovate, 1-3.5mm long. Anthers 1.5-3mm long, filaments longer, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120505_043
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Achenes coarsely ribbed, ellipsoid, subsessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes