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Thalictrum sparsiflorum
Also called Mountain Meadow Rue, Few Flowered Meadow Rue, Flat Fruit Meadow Rue, Few Flower Meadow Rue, Fewflower Meadowrue
Fewflower meadow-rue is a perennial wildflower in the buttercup family that grows in moist streambanks and forest understory. Keep its soil consistently moist and give it partial shade for best results.
Thalictrum sparsiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name fewflower meadow-rue. It is native to northwestern North America and parts of northeastern Asia. It grows in moist habitat, such as streambanks and forest understory. It is a perennial herb producing erect stems up to about a meter in maximum height. The leaves have compound blades divided into a few or many segments which are borne on long, slender petioles. The blades are usually finely hairy and glandular. The inflorescence is a leafy panicle of flowers. Unlike some other Thalictrum species which are dioecious, this species has bisexual flowers. Each has a calyx of five greenish sepals, and up to 20 light-colored dangling stamens tipped with large anthers. The flowers develop into compressed, beaked fruits.
French Meadow-rue · Chinese Meadow Rue · Common meadow-rue · Dwarf Meadow Rue · Lesser meadow-rue · Western meadow-rue · King of the meadow · Waxyleaf meadow-rue · Lavender Mist Meadowrue · Small Meadow Rue · Yellow Meadow Rue · Rue anemone
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thalictrum sparsiflorum 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.
