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Greater Meadow-Rue

Thalictrum aquilegifolium

Photo by yulia8473
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Field Notes

Description:

The leaves are alternate, bipinnately compound, commonly glaucous blue-green in colour.The flowers are small and apetalous (no petals), but have numerous long stamens, often brightly white, yellow, pink or pale purple, and are produced in conspicuous dense inflorescences

Habitat:

Royal Botanical Gardens, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Thalictrum is a genus of 120-200 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family native mostly to temperate regions.Thalictrum is a taxonomically difficult genus with poorly understood species boundaries; it is in need of further taxonomic and field research for clarification. It is unrelated to the true rue (family Rutaceae), but resembles it in having the petiole twice or thrice divided

Reference Links:

EOL Search: Thalictrum, Thalictrum

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Comments (15)
yulia8473
Rob I agree, although i am still a bit confused why they had another name card there, which they emailed me. but i guess mistakes happen
RobShedden
Possibly Thalictrum aquilegifolium, see link below..... http://www.findmeplants.co.uk/photo-thalictrum-aquilegifolium.aspx?ret=1085
yulia8473
People in the garden there ided it and it even has a name tag now..
RobShedden
I agree it looks like Thalictrum, however, Thalictrum pubescens is a white flower.
yulia8473
finally, ided. and it was Royal Botanical Gardens, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, not Edwards Botanical Gardens
yulia8473
nope, the flowers are shown on the picture in actual size, ageratum is way smaller
yulia8473
Unfortunately it didn't have ID card as they have in Royal botanical gardens in Burlington
yulia8473
Unfortunately it didn't have ID card with it
yulia8473
No to foliage pics. I spotted it at Toronto botanical gardens (Edwards gardens), just outside, no to greenhouse
RobShedden
I am having trouble IDing this one...however it is not sasparilla, do you have any other photos which include the foliage. Any other info you can pass forward about habit and habitat?
yulia8473
yes, all the pictures i found in google had white flowers.. that was my concern. Thanks, I left him a comment
Dan Doucette
It sure does look like it. I've never seen them with pink flowers. Check out my friend's spotting. Maybe ask him what he thinks. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6454254

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PublishedJune 18, 2011

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