Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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1899

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (rare in GA-SC)

Look for it in rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2+ levels of compoundness
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish (stamens)
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
4(-6) sepals
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Inflorescence paniculate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-11-003:
 Thalictrum coriaceum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Thalictrum caulophylloides

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Thalictrum coriaceum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Appalachian Meadow-rue, Maid of the Mist

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image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadow-rue, Maid of the Mist

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thca6_001_lvd

        

image of Thalictrum coriaceum, Appalachian Meadow-rue, Maid of the Mist

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_thco2_001_lvd