Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses

RUE ANEMONE

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Thalictrum thalictroides A. J. Eames & B. Boivin

[=Anemonella thalictroides L.]

Cherokee County, Kansas

Perennial

Height: 3-12 inches

Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family

Flowering Period: March, April, May

Also Called:

Anemonella.

Stems:

Slender, glabrous.

Leaves:

Basal leaves compound, 3 principal segments each of which is divided into 3 segments, elliptic to round, .2 to 1.4 inch long; tips with 3 shallow lobes; on wiry stalks 1.2 to 5.6 inches long; leaves of flowering stem 2 or 3, opposite or whorled, compound in 3s, forming involucre, leaflets similar in size and shape to basal leaflets.

Inflorescences:

Umbel of 1-several flowers, terminal.

Flowers:

Mostly regular, 1/3 to 1 inch across; sepals 5-8, thin, petal-like, white or pink, 1/6 to 1/2 inch long; petals absent; stamens numerous.

Fruits:

Cluster of achenes, 1/3 to 1/2 inch wide; achenes spindle-shaped, circular in cross-section, less than 1/5 inch long, deeply grooved; 1-seeded.

Habitat:

Open woods and wooded hillsides.

Distribution:

East 1/5 of Kansas.

Comments:

The tuberous roots are edible.