Thalictrum aquilegiifolium L.

French meadow-rue (en), Pigamon à feuilles d'ancolie (fr), Colombine plumeuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Thalictrum

Characteristics

A perennial herb. It grows 60-90 cm high and 45-60 cm wide. It has several stems. The leaves are carried on purple stems. They are like maidenhair leaves. The leaves are 30 cm wide. The flowers buds are purple and they open to clusters of mauve-pink stamens.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.28 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It does best in a sunny location. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.
More
Damp woods, hedges and rich upland meadows of the lower Alps, often in stony places near glaciers.
Light 4-7
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The flowers are used for tea like drinks.
Uses environmental use medicinal tea
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium habit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium habit picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium habit picture by Denis Alkan (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium leaf picture by papilio2107 (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium leaf picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium leaf picture by Horst Wagner (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium flower picture by chantal c (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium flower picture by Elfi Karner (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium flower picture by papilio2107 (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium fruit picture by Michał Maciążek (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium fruit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium fruit picture by roses maria (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium world distribution map, present in Canada and France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:714234-1
WFO ID wfo-0000454527
COL ID 56246
BDTFX ID 67476
INPN ID 126078
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Thalictrum platyphyllum Thalictrum obtusilobum Thalictrum oxyphyllum Thalictrum integratum Thalictrum borderi Thalictrum aquilegiifolium Tripterium pauciflorum Thalictrum alatum Thalictrum niveum Thalictrum platystemon Thalictrum canadense Thalictrum cornuti Thalictrum juranum Thalictrum crossaeum Thalictrum pyrrha Thalictrum tenerifolium Tripterium aquilegifolium Leucocoma canadensis Thalictrum laxiflorum Thalictrum atropurpureum Tripterium contortum

Lower taxons

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium var. sibiricum