Thalictrum mirabile Small

Little mountain meadow-rue (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Thalictrum

Characteristics

Stems weakly erect to reclining, 10-30 cm, glabrous. Leaves basal and cauline; basal petioles 2 cm, distal petioles shorter. Leaf blade: basal usually ternately compound, distal gradually less divided; leaflets nearly orbiculate to orbiculate-reniform, apically 4-7-lobed, 20-30 mm wide, lobe margins crenate, surfaces abaxially glaucescent. Inflorescences panicles, few flowered. Flowers: sepals white, spatulate to rhombic-spatulate, 1.5 mm; filaments white, 2-3 mm; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm. Achenes 3-8, spreading; stipe 2.5-3.5 mm, nearly as long as achene body; body flat, 2.5-4 mm, abaxial margin convex, adaxial margin straight, conspicuously 3-veined on each face; beak minute.
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Much like T. clavatum, and perhaps not specifically distinct, but more lax and delicate; filaments generally less than 3 mm; achenes 2.5–4 mm, straight on the upper margin, convex on the lower; stipe 2.5–3.5 mm, nearly equaling the achene. Wet sandstone cliffs; e. Ky. and Tenn. to Ala. June.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Flower color
Blooming months
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Thalictrum mirabile world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:250804-2
WFO ID wfo-0001129468
COL ID 562CR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Thalictrum mirabile