Ranunculaceae
Alpine meadow-rue
Thalictrum alpinum
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Thalictrum
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Common names
By language (14)
- Belarusian
- Пылюшнік альпійскі
- Bulgarian
- Алпийско обичниче
- Chinese
- 毛叶高山唐松草, 毛葉高山唐松草, 惊风草, 高山唐松草
- Dutch
- Alpenruit
- English
- Alpine meadow-rue
- Finnish
- Tunturiängelmä
- French
- Pigamon des Alpes
- German
- Alpen-Wiesenraute
- Icelandic
- Brjóstagras
- Japanese
- チシマヒメカラマツ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellfrøstjerne
- Russian
- Василистник альпийский, Василисник альпийский
- Swedish
- Fjällruta
- Welsh
- Arianllys y mynydd
Synonyms
- Thalictrum alpinum var. alpinum
- Thalictrum alpinum var. gaspense Greene
- Thalictrum alpinum var. hebetum B.Boivin
- Thalictrum alpinum var. microspermum Greene
- Thalictrum alpinum var. nesioticum Greene
- Thalictrum alpinum var. pudicum Greene
- Thalictrum bracteifilum Bertol.
- Thalictrum cheilanthoides Greene
- Thalictrum duriusculum Greene
- Thalictrum elegantulum Greene
- Thalictrum leiophyllum Greene
- Thalictrum marginatum Royle
- Thalictrum microphyllum Royle
- Thalictrum monoense Greene
- Thalictrum scopulorum Greene
- Thalictrum subspensum Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.