Thalictrum pubescens

Thalictrum pubescens
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In Ottawa, Ontario
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Thalictrum
Species:	T. pubescens
Binomial name
Thalictrum pubescens Pursh
Synonyms
List Thalictrum leucocrinum Pursh Muhl. ex Spreng. Leucocoma vegeta Greene (Greene) Lunell Thalictrum bissellii Greene Thalictrum canadense var. hebecarpum (Fernald) House Walter Alph.Wood Farw. DC. Link Schrad. Greene Link ex Lecoy. Muhl. ex Pursh Fisch. ex Lecoy. Greene Greene Thalictrum zibellinum Thalictrum mortonii Thalictrum polygamum Thalictrum setulosum Thalictrum viride Thalictrum divaricatum Thalictrum glaucodeum Thalictrum hepaticum Thalictrum leucostemon Greene Muhl. ex DC. Greene Greene Thalictrum terrae-novae Thalictrum walteri Thalictrum vegetum Thalictrum perelegans Thalictrum carolinianum Thalictrum cornuti var. dubitatum Thalictrum cornuti var. stipitum Thalictrum corynellum Lecoy. Greene Greene K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Greene (Fernald) B.Boivin Greene (Pursh) Spreng. ex Steud. Thalictrum revolutum (Greene) Keener Thalictrum polygamum Thalictrum pubescens var. hebecarpum Thalictrum polygamum Thalictrum pubescens var. hepaticum Thalictrum tortuosum Anemone walteri Thalictrum divergens Thalictrum glaucum Thalictrum leucostylum

Thalictrum pubescens, the king of the meadow or tall meadow-rue, is a plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.

Description

Thalictrum pubescens is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on hollow, green stems. The flowers are white, borne in spring and summer.

Distribution

The range of this plant includes most of eastern Canada and United States excluding Florida.