Meadow Rue Leaf | Slide Mouse
In many respects it is similar to lavender mist but it is more delicate.
Meadow rue leaf. Rue is native to europe but is now cultivated worldwide. The montagnais used the leaves as a spice to flavor salmon. That is the leaf is divided into segments once and then the segments are further divided into leaflets. The leaves are more finely cut the flowers more delicately spaced along the stalks.
The least common among my blue species is yunnan meadow rue t. The leaves of tall meadow rue are compound compound leaf. That is fairly common in illinois thalictrum dioicum early meadow rue is a shorter plant that blooms earlier and occurs in woodlands. The entire leaf is up to 1 long and wide and the leaflets are about 1 1 2.
The iroquois used this plant expernally to treat nosebleeds and internally to treat gall conditions. It is often found growing along roadsides and in waste areas. This easy to grow perennial has petite leaves that are similar to columbine foliage. The leaflets are about an inch long.
A leaf that is divided to the midrib with distinct expanded portions called leaflets meaning that they are divided into leaflets. Facts about flowering later than early meadow rue tall meadow rue is also much larger in stature. Meadow rue genus thalictrum genus of approximately 330 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the buttercup family ranunculaceae. Meadowrue leaves are arranged alternately on the stem and are doubly or triply compound.
Meadow rue growing in the wild has compound foliage with lobed leaflets which look somewhat akin to columbine leaves upon which clusters of white light pink or purple flowers are borne during may through july. Beloved for its foliage just as much as its delicate airy flower clusters meadow rue is a wonderful plant for adding eye catching texture to the garden from spring through fall. However the terminal leaflets of this species have 5 lobes toward the outer margin while the terminal leaflets of waxy and purple meadow rue have only 3 lobes. Plants may very rarely resemble tall meadow rue thalictrum pubescens but waxy leaved meadow rue is usually dioecious some plants have all pollen producing flowers while other plants have all seed producing flowers.
They occur in the north temperate zone and in south america and africa in wooded as well as in sunny open areas.