Thalictrum flavum

Thalictrum flavum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Thalictrum
Species:
T. flavum
Binomial name
Thalictrum flavum
Synonyms
  • Thalictrum angustatum Weinm. ex Lecoy.
  • Thalictrum anonymum Wallr. ex Lecoy.
  • Thalictrum belgicum Jord.
  • Thalictrum capitatum Jord.[1]

Thalictrum flavum, known by the common names common meadow-rue,[2][3] poor man's rhubarb,[4] and yellow meadow-rue,[5] is a flowering plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a native to Caucasus and Russia (Siberia). Growing to 100 cm (39 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) broad, it is an herbaceous perennial producing clusters of fluffy yellow fragrant flowers in summer.

  1. ^ "Thalictrum flavum L. is an accepted name". 23 March 2012. theplantlist.org. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Readers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ Gordon, W. J. (1891). Our Country's Flowers and how to know them. London: Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. p. 11.
  5. ^ Peder Skou The Geometroid Moths of North Europe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae and Geometridae), p. 136, at Google Books