Thalictrum pubescens, the king of the meadow[2] or tall meadow-rue, is a plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.
Thalictrum pubescens | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Thalictrum |
Species: | T. pubescens
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Binomial name | |
Thalictrum pubescens Pursh
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Thalictrum pubescens is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on hollow, green stems. The flowers are white, borne in spring and summer.[citation needed]
The range of this plant includes most of eastern Canada and United States excluding Florida.[3]