WESTERN MEADOW-RUE

Class: Thalictrum occidentale

Family: BUTTERCUP FAMILY

Sub Family: Ranunculaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Greenish-white to greenish-purple

Height: 30-90 cm (1-3')

Each Flower: Petals none, sepals numerous and small, up to 5 mm (1/4") long; male and female flowers on separate plants; male flowers-numerous (15-30) stamens with purplish filaments and yellowish-green anthers that hang like a tassel; female flower-numerous (8-15) greenish-white free, unfused pistils with feathery stigmas usually purplish

Leaves: Mostly opposite; stem leaves with long stalks which branch into 3 smaller branches which branch again into opposite pairs bearing 3-lobed leaflets cleft into small round-ended lobes

Stems: Slender, rigid, more or less smooth

Blooming Period: June - July

Habitat: Moist, shady woods at middle elevations

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