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Scientific name:

Thalictrum delavayi

Vernacular name:

Meadow-rue, Chinese


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Chinese Meadow-rue

Scientific name: Thalictrum delavayi Franch.

Diagnostic features
Scarcely rhizomatous.
Stems to 1m, erect, branched.
Leaves 3-5-pinnate; inflorescence compound.
Flowers in ± dense clusters.
Sepals 6-15mm, pink to lilac.
Filaments yellowish, narrow.

Chromosome number: (2n=28, 42).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
In grassy area in Cambs; China.

This species is keyed out at Page 1499 of the Text Key.

Thalictrum delavayi
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