French Meadow-rue - Thalictrum aquilegifolium
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French Meadow-rue - Thalictrum aquilegifolium | dylan | Bristol | 3 Jun 2023, 9:43 p.m. | 3 Jun 2023, 10:25 a.m. | |
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French Meadow-rue - Thalictrum aquilegifolium | dylan | Bristol | 3 Jun 2023, 9:43 p.m. | 3 Jun 2023, 10:25 a.m. | |
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French Meadow-rue - Thalictrum aquilegifolium | dylan | Bristol | 3 Jun 2023, 9:43 p.m. | 3 Jun 2023, 10:25 a.m. |
Species Description
Stace 4:
Thalictrum aquilegifolium L. - French Meadow-rue.
Scarcely rhizomatous; stems to 1m, erect, usually simple; leaves 2-4-ternate; inflorescence compound; flowers in dense clusters, whitish to lilac or pink, with erect to patent stamens with filaments coloured and wider than anthers; (2n=14). Neophyte-survivor; grown in gardens and persisting in grassy places as a throwout in a few places in England, Isle of Man and Scotland; Europe.
Key:
- Inflorescence branched with >1 flower per branch; plant usually >15cm
- Filaments thickened, wider than anthers, white to lilac or pink