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Thalictrum dasycarpum |
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| Common name |
purple meadow rue |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-7) |
| Flowers |
white (June) |
| Size |
3-5' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
| Seed ripens | mid-September |
Okay, so thalictrum is one of those genera I can't resist. Although this isn't as much of a charmer as its bolder-flowered cousins, I keep it around because of its gentle habit and attractive foliage. This species is dioecious (male and female flowers appear on separate plants). The male flowers are the ones with showy yellow stamens (photos above and to right), while the female flowers are white whispy things (photo below). Although my source say it can grow fairly tall, in my experience this one stays lower than the strongly upright species such as T. pubescens, mostly because it wants to arch rather than grow straight up.
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| | Cute deep purple new growth in early April |
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| | distinctive leaf shape |
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| | female flowers |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Read about all the meadow rues in our garden About my plant portraits
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