Delaware Wildflowers • Families • Ranunculaceae
Thalictrum pubescens
(Thalictrum polygamum)
Tall MeadowrueRanunculaceae — Buttercup family
Native
Emerging, just a few inches tall. They can grow to 8'.
Woodlawn TractApril 2016
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station Road
June 2020
Staminate flowers. There are no petals, just stamens.
Brandywine Creek State ParkJune 2004
Perfect flowers, with pistils and a few stamens.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadJune 2002
Leaflets
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadJuly 2020
A single compound leaf
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadJuly 2021
Developing fruit
Many showy staminate flowers, and a few less showy perfect flowers at left center.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Creek RoadJuly 2021
Ashland
July 2021
Pistillate flowers and fruit.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadJuly 2020
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