Ranunculaceae
Early meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Thalictrum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Early meadow-rue
Synonyms
- Leucocoma dioica Nieuwl.
- Thalictrum dioicum var. adiantinum Greene
- Thalictrum dioicum var. huronense Greene
- Thalictrum dioicum var. langfordii Greene
- Thalictrum dioicum var. oxycarpum Torr.
- Thalictrum labradoricum Greene
- Thalictrum laevigatum Michx.
- Thalictrum pauciflorum Raf.
- Thalictrum purpurascens var. monoicum DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Jason Sturner from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Carl Dahlhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Christine Pearson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pinky Shalom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cbaile19, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lily Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Cbaile19, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.