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Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum polygamum
Buttercup Ranunculaceae family
Leaves: light green, divided into leaflets with 2-3 lobes.
White flower with club-shaped stamens. Flowers lack petals and buds appear with the leaflets in early spring.
Form/habitat: 3-8' feet in height, swamps and streamsides. Flowers July-Sept.
NWI Status: FACW+
Text by Thad Soule for CES301.
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