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Thalictrum minus
Also called Small Meadowrue
Thalictrum minus, known as lesser meadow-rue, is a perennial herb in the family Ranunculaceae that is native to Europe, Northwest Africa, Yemen, Ethiopia, South Africa, Southwest Asia, and Siberia. It grows on sand dunes, shingle, coastal rocks or calcareous grassland, cliffs and rocky gullies at up to 1,600 to 3,000 m (5,200 to 9,800 ft) elevation at southern latitudes. It grows to 30 cm (0.98 ft) tall with erect stems and 1 cm (0.39 in) leaves that are highly subdivided, 3-4 ternate to pinnate.
The plant contains an alkaloid 'Thalidasine', which is also present in other Thalictrum species.
French Meadow-rue · Chinese Meadow Rue · Common meadow-rue · Dwarf Meadow Rue · Western meadow-rue · King of the meadow · Waxyleaf meadow-rue · Lavender Mist Meadowrue · Small Meadow Rue · Fewflower meadow-rue · Yellow Meadow Rue · Rue anemone
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thalictrum minus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
