Common name:
Lesser meadow-rue
Family:
Scientific name:
Thalictrum minus
Main flower color:
Range:
Much of the UK; most common in the south, and in some coastal regions
Height:
Up to 1 metre
Habitat:
Dry grassland, sand dunes, river banks, rocky places, often on limestone soils
Flowers:
Arranged in open panicles. Flowers are pendent, with four spreading, hairless, greenish-yellow to purplish sepals and a cluster of exserted stamens - reddish filaments and long yellow anthers
Fruit:
Achenes, with between 8 and 10 ribs
Leaves:
3 or 4 times pinnate; leaflets, around 1 cm long, are wedge-shaped, with shallow, rounded lobes, and prominent veins
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
