Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Skunk Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-005:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Skunk Meadow-rue, Waxy Meadow-rue
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JK Marlow jkm120506_585
May Oconee County SC
Foliage malodorous; the leaflets entire to 3-lobed and with revolute margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120506_600
May Oconee County SC
Female flowers bur-like and greenish, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm120506_639
May Oconee County SC
Male flowers have 4-5 light green sepals & drooping greenish-white stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm120525_326
May Oconee County SC
Achenes often minutely glandular-hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
JK Marlow jkm120525_329
May Oconee County SC
Leaflet margins rolled backward (revolute), pale green or whitish under, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm120525_342
May Oconee County SC
Leaves ternately decompound; leaflets usually with 3 lobes but sometimes none, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves that resemble Thalictrum
Patrick D. McMillan pdmtrevolutum_761b
May
Drooping stamens with white filaments slightly thickened toward the anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmtrevolutum_762b
May
Flowers many, on elongate racemes or panicles, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmtrevolutum_763b
May
Flowers drooping. Five sepals. Filaments white, longer than anthers, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
JK Marlow jkm150912_025026b
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District