Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Thalictrum amphibolum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Skunk Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Thalictrum revolutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-005:
Thalictrum revolutum FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum revolutum
COMMON NAME:
Skunk Meadowrue, Waxy Meadowrue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thre_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120506_583
May Oconee County SC
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120506_587
May Oconee County SC
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120506_646
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120525_326
May Oconee County SC
Achenes often minutely glandular-hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
fruits that are an aggregate of achenes
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves that resemble Thalictrum
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JK Marlow jkm120525_389
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220527_8148
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220527_8151
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220615_8575
May Oconee County SC
Leaflet undersurfaces, peduncles, and achenes with or without stipitate glands or papillae, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtrevolutum_761b
May
The filaments on the male flowers droop, like with T. dioicum, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtrevolutum_762b
May
Flowers many, on elongate racemes or panicles, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtrevolutum_763b
May
Flowers drooping. Five sepals. Filaments white, longer than anthers, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm140614_910
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_915
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150912_025026b
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151108_666
November Oconee County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Thalictrum amphibolum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Thalictrum revolutum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-11-005:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thalictrum revolutum
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Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, woodlands, barrens, and prairies, over hornblende, greenstone, dolostone, and serpentinized olivine, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2+ levels of compoundness
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (filaments)
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence paniculate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p269
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p178
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p146
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p393
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p215
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p015
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p306
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p076
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p307
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p042
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p064
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p051