WorldFloraDB - Thalictrum clavatum

Characteristics

Roots few, blackish, filiform or somewhat tuberous. Stems erect, not scapose, 15-50(-60) cm, glabrous. Leaves basal and cauline; proximal cauline leaves petiolate, 2-3×-ternately compound; distal cauline leaves sessile or short-petiolate, 2×-ternately compound or simple. Leaf blade: leaflets reniform to obovate, apically 4-7-lobed, 10-30 mm wide, lobe margins crenate, surfaces abaxially glaucous. Inflorescences panicles or nearly corymbs, few flowered. Flowers: pedicels very slender, elongate; sepals white, obovate-spatulate, 2.5-4 mm; filaments white, 2.5-4 mm; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm. Achenes 3-8, spreading; stipe 1-3(-4) mm, usually ± 1/2 as long (sometimes nearly as long) as achene body; body flat, falcate, 3-5 mm, abaxially convex, adaxially concave, conspicuously 3-veined on each face; beak minute.

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Stem 3–7 dm, from a cluster of thickened roots, often little exceeding the basal lf; lfls 2–3 cm long and wide, pale beneath; panicle widely branched, few-fld, with elongate, slender pedicels; fls perfect; filaments white, generally more than 3 mm, strongly dilated above; anthers minute; achenes falcate, concave on the upper margin, strongly convex on the lower, 4–5.5 mm, conspicuously 3-nerved on each face; stipe 1.5–3 mm. Moist woods and cliffs in and near the mts.; Va. and W.Va. to e. Ky., s. to S.C. and Ga. May–July.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.15 - 0.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
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°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:714316-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001129459
COL ID	7C5KD
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sumnera clavata Thalictrum filipes Thalictrum clavatum Thalictrum nudicaule Physocarpum clavatum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Thalictrum clavatum Dc.

Mountain meadow-rue (en)

Species