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Thalictrum delavayi
Also called Delavay's Meadow Rue
Thalictrum delavayi is a herbaceous perennial from western China and northern Myanmar, grown for its airy lilac flowers and fern-like foliage. Give it moist, rich soil in partial shade and it will reliably return each year.
Thalictrum delavayi, Chinese meadow-rue, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to China. Growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall by 60 cm (24 in) wide, it is a herbaceous perennial with leaves divided into many small leaflets, and panicles of lilac flowers with green or white stamens in summer.
The specific epithet delavayi honours the 19th century French explorer and botanist Père Jean Marie Delavay.
French Meadow-rue · Common meadow-rue · Dwarf Meadow Rue · Lavender Mist Meadowrue · Meadow-rue
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
