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Thalictrum pubescens
Also called Late Meadow Rue, Tall Meadow Rue, Muskratweed, Meadow Weed, Muskrat Weed, Pubescent Meadow Rue
King of the meadow is a tall, hardy herbaceous perennial native to wet meadows and open woods in eastern Canada and the eastern United States. It grows best in moist soil with some sun and is valued for its airy white spring and summer flowers.
Thalictrum pubescens, the king of the meadow or tall meadow-rue, is a plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.
The range of this plant includes most of eastern Canada and United States excluding Florida.
French Meadow-rue · Chinese Meadow Rue · Common meadow-rue · Dwarf Meadow Rue · Lesser meadow-rue · Western meadow-rue · Waxyleaf meadow-rue · Lavender Mist Meadowrue · Small Meadow Rue · Fewflower meadow-rue · Yellow Meadow Rue · Rue anemone
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thalictrum pubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
