Common names:
Alpine meadow-rue, arctic meadow-rue
Family:
Scientific name:
Thalictrum alpinum
Main flower color:
Range:
Scotland, west Ireland, the Lake District in England and Snowdonia in Wales
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Moist grassland and rocky places, in upland areas
Flowers:
Four green sepals (no petals), often purplish along the margins, one carpel, and a group (up to 15) of pale yellow stamens with relatively large anthers, equal in length to the filaments. Flowers are arranged in a small, unbranched cluster
Leaves:
Basal, hairless, stalked, two times trifoliate, up to 5 cm long; leaflets are shallowly divided into 3 lobes
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
