Thalictrum foetidum L.

Pigamon fétide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Thalictrum

Characteristics

Plants 15--100 cm tall, pubescent or glabrous. Stems branched or simple. Basal and proximal cauline leaves withered at anthesis. Distal cauline leaves shortly petiolate; stipules membranous; leaf blade 3-pinnate, 5.5--12 cm; leaflet blade rhombic, broadly ovate, or ovate, 4--15 × 3.5--15 mm, herbaceous, base rounded-cuneate, rounded, or subcordate, apex obtuse or acute, 3-lobed; lobes entire or few toothed; veins slightly raised abaxially, pubescent or glandular hairy. Inflorescence paniculate, several or many flowered. Pedicel slender, 5--15 mm. Sepals 5, yellow, tinged greenish, ovate, 2.5--4 × ca. 1.5 mm, pubescent abaxially. Filament base filiform, apex narrowly linear; anther 2.5--3.5 mm, apex mucronate. Carpels 4--8; stigma triangular winged. Achenes sessile; body hemiobovoid, laterally compressed, 3--5 mm, pubescent. Fl. May--Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-7
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Eye diseases (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Thalictrum foetidum flower picture by Dostálek Tomáš (cc-by-sa)
Thalictrum foetidum flower picture by Dostálek Tomáš (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thalictrum foetidum world distribution map, present in China, France, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:714440-1
WFO ID wfo-0000454083
COL ID 5628C
BDTFX ID 67555
INPN ID 126127
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Thalictrum styloideum Thalictrum brachycarpum Thalictrum vaginatum Thalictrum gracile Thalictrum alpestre Thalictrum foetidum Thalictrum foetidum var. foetidum Thalictrum minus var. foetidum Thalictrum minus var. glandulosum