Thalictrum aquilegiifoliumIntegrated Taxonomic Information System 19 Dec 2011 is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is known by the common names Siberian columbine meadow-rue, columbine meadow-rue, French meadow-rue, and greater meadow-rue. Its native range extends through Europe and temperate Asia,Missouri Botanical Garden with a naturalized distribution in North America limited to New York and Ontario.
Growing to tall by wide, it is an herbaceous perennial, with leaves composed of frilled leaflets resembling those of aquilegia. In early summer it bears clusters of fluffy pink flowers in flat-topped panicles.
The plant contains an alkaloid thalidisine, which is also present in other Thalictrum species.S.W. Pelletier (Editor)
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