Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

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Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Thalictrum
Species: T. aquilegiifolium
Binomial name
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
L. 1753
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium[1] is a species of flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family known by the common names greater meadow-rue, columbine meadow-rue, and French meadow-rue.[2] Its native range extends through Europe and temperate Asia,[3][4] with a naturalized distribution in North America limited to New York and Ontario.[2]

Growing to 100 cm (39 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) wide, it is an herbaceous perennial, with leaves composed of frilled leaflets resembling those of aquilegia. In early summer it bears clusters of fluffy pink flowers in flat-topped panicles.[5]

The cultivar 'Thundercloud' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System 19 Dec 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 USDA Plants Database 19 Dec 2011
  3. Missouri Botanical Garden
  4. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) 19 Dec 2011
  5. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964. 
  6. "RHS Plant Selector - Thalictrum aquilegifolium 'Thundercloud'". Retrieved 05 July 2013. 
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