Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thalictrum amphibolum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Skunk Meadow-rue from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The name T. revolutum is illegitimate, as de Candolle cited T. pubescens Pursh in synonymy when he named it; it must be replaced by T. amphibolum Greene, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
The species is normally stipitate-glandular or papillose, but can be glabrous. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thalictrum amphibolum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thalictrum revolutum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
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
Normally stipitate-glandular or papillose, but can be glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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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 (4/14/23):
Thalictrum amphibolum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thalictrum revolutum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thalictrum amphibolum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thalictrum revolutum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
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
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2+ levels of compoundness
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (filaments)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual
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
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p179
- 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
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