Thalictrum confine

Fernald

Rhodora 2: 232. 1900.

Common names: Northern meadow-rue pigamon des fronterières
Endemic
Synonyms: Thalictrum turneri B. Boivin Thalictrum venulosum var. confine (Fernald) B. Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect, to 100 cm, from rhizomes. Leaves: cauline leaves 3-4, those proximal to inflorescence petiolate, those subtending panicle branches sessile. Leaf-blade: leaflets reniform-cordate, apically 3-5-lobed, 15-50 mm wide, lobe margins crenate, surfaces glabrous to glandular. Inflorescences terminal, panicles, narrow with ascending branches, many flowered. Flowers: sepals yellowish to purple, oblong, 1.5-5 mm; filaments colored, not white; anthers 3-4.5 mm, mucronate; stigma purple. Achenes 4-13, erect, incurved, not reflexed, sessile; body fusiform to ovoid, not laterally compressed, adaxial surface 4-6 mm, glandular, veins prominent, not anastomosing-reticulate; beak (2-) 2.5-4 (-5) mm.


Phenology: Flowering early-mid summer (Jun–Jul).
Habitat: Alluvial or shingly calcareous shores and talus
Elevation: 0-200 m

Distribution

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N.B., Ont., P.E.I., Que., N.Y., Vt.

Discussion

The relationship between Thalictrum confine and T. venulosum is unclear and requires additional field study.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Thalictrum confine"
not reflexed +, incurved +  and erect +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
mucronate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Marilyn M. Park +  and Dennis Festerling Jr. +
Fernald +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Heterogamia +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
straight +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
compressed;fusiform;ovoid +
globose;cylindric +
Northern meadow-rue +  and pigamon des fronterières +
N.B. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, N.Y. +  and Vt. +
0-200 m +
not white +  and colored +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
unisexual +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (41 cm410 mm <br />0.41 m <br />) +
stipitate +, sessile +  and aggregate +
falcate;ovoid;obovoid +
Alluvial or shingly calcareous shores and talus +
compound +  and simple +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
3-5-lobed +  and reniform-cordate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
palmate +  and pinnate +
crenate;entire +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
Flowering early-mid summer (Jun–Jul). +
1 +  and 16 +
not arillate +  and stalked +
yellowish;purple +
not persistent +
distinct +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
ribbed +  and veined +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
persistent +
glabrous;glandular +
Thalictrum turneri +  and Thalictrum venulosum var. confine +
Thalictrum confine +
Thalictrum sect. Heterogamia +
species +
not anastomosing-reticulate +
herbaceous +  and woody +