Ranunculaceae
Purple meadow-rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Thalictrum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple meadow-rue
Synonyms
- Leucocoma dasycarpa (Fisch. & Avé-Lall.) Nieuwl.
- Thalictrum albens Greene
- Thalictrum dasycarpum f. hypoglaucum (Rydb.) Steyerm.
- Thalictrum dasycarpum var. dasycarpum
- Thalictrum dasycarpum var. hypoglaucum (Rydb.) B.Boivin
- Thalictrum hypoglaucum Rydb.
- Thalictrum nortonii Greene
- Thalictrum perpensum Greene
- Thalictrum purpurascens var. dasycarpum (Fisch. & Avé-Lall.) Trel.
- Thalictrum rugosum var. umbelliferum DC.
- Thalictrum wightianum Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: cassi saari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cassi saari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cassi saari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Early meadow-rueThalictrum dioicumRanunculaceae
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- Fendler's meadow-rueThalictrum fendleriRanunculaceae
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.