Ranunculaceae
Lesser meadow-rue
Thalictrum minus
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Thalictrum
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- ثليب صغير
- Armenian
- Քնձմնձուկ փոքրիկ
- azb
- کیچیک قاراقایتاران
- Azerbaijani
- Kiçik qaraqaytaran
- Belarusian
- Пылюшнік малы
- Bulgarian
- Дребно обичниче
- Chinese
- 亚欧唐松草, 亞歐唐松草, 飞蛾七, 亚欧唐松草原变种, 亞歐唐松草原變種, 小花唐松草
- Czech
- Žluťucha menší
- Dutch
- Kleine ruit
- English
- Lesser meadow-rue
- Estonian
- Väike ängelhein
- Finnish
- Pikkuängelmä
- French
- Petit pigamon
- German
- Kleine Wiesenraute
- hsb
- Mały žiwotnik
- Irish
- Rú léana beag
- Italian
- Pigamo minore
- Latvian
- Mazais saulkrēsliņš
- Mongolian
- Бага буржгар
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kystfrøstjerne
- Persian
- برگ سدابی
- Polish
- Rutewka mniejsza
- Russian
- Василистник малый, Богородичник, Буркун жёлтый, Василисник малый, Василисова трава, Василистник холмовой, Горлянка, Золотник
- Slovenian
- Mali talin
- Swedish
- Kustruta, T. minus
- Ukrainian
- Рутвиця мала
- Welsh
- Arianllys Mawr
Synonyms
- Thalictrum abortivum Jord.
- Thalictrum acuminatum Spreng.
- Thalictrum adianthifolium Besser ex Eichw.
- Thalictrum agreste Kar. & Kir.
- Thalictrum ambiguum Schleich.
- Thalictrum apiculatum Loudon
- Thalictrum apiifolium Schrad.
- Thalictrum armenum K.Koch ex Lecoy.
- Thalictrum arnaudiae Jord.
- Thalictrum barthii Schur
- Thalictrum billotii F.Schultz. ex Jord.
- Thalictrum brevepubens Jord.
- Thalictrum capillare Rchb.
- Thalictrum collinum var. ledebourianum (C.A.Mey.) Kem.-Nath.
- Thalictrum comosum Fries ex Lecoy.
- Thalictrum concinnum Willd.
- Thalictrum convexum Schrad. ex Lecoy.
- Thalictrum cruciatum Schrad. ex Lecoy.
- Thalictrum csatoi Schur
- Thalictrum davuricum Fisch. ex Ledeb.
- Thalictrum eminens Jord.
- Thalictrum expansum Jord.
- Thalictrum fischeri Ledeb. ex Lecoy.
- Thalictrum flavovirens Ledeb.
- Thalictrum flexuosum Bernh.
- Thalictrum floribundum Schrad.
- Thalictrum foetidum var. delponteanum Pînzaru
- Thalictrum frutetorum Jord.
- Thalictrum glaucescens Willd.
- Thalictrum godronii Jord.
- Thalictrum grenieri Loret
- Thalictrum inclinatum Schur
- Thalictrum jacquinianum W.D.J.Koch
- Thalictrum kochii Fr.
- Thalictrum laggeri Jord.
- Thalictrum longipes Rouy & Foucaud
- Thalictrum macilentum Jord.
- Thalictrum medianum Jord.
- Thalictrum minus f. macrophyllum (Schur) Osvač.
- Thalictrum minus subsp. arenarium (Butcher) Clapham
and 34 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 155 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Takashi KOIKE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Thalictrum
- Common meadow-rueThalictrum flavumRanunculaceae
- French meadow-rueThalictrum aquilegiifoliumRanunculaceae
- Thalictrum lucidumRanunculaceae
- Thalictrum simplexRanunculaceae
- Alpine meadow-rueThalictrum alpinumRanunculaceae
- Thalictrum foetidumRanunculaceae
- Thalictrum delavayiRanunculaceae
- Early meadow-rueThalictrum dioicumRanunculaceae
- Thalictrum tuberosumRanunculaceae
- Thalictrum baicalenseRanunculaceae
- Fendler's meadow-rueThalictrum fendleriRanunculaceae
- Dwarf meadow rueThalictrum isopyroidesRanunculaceae
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.