Thalictrum delavayi, Chinese meadow-rue,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to China. Growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall by 60 cm (24 in) wide, it is a herbaceous perennial with leaves divided into many small leaflets, and panicles of lilac flowers with green or white stamens in summer.[3][4]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Thalictrum |
Species: | T. delavayi
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The specific epithet delavayi honours the 19th century French explorer and botanist Père Jean Marie Delavay.
The cultivar 'Ankum' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]
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’Hewitt’s Double’
References
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- ^ "Thalictrum delavayi Franch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Thalictrum delavayi". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "Thalictrum delavayi". UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Thalictrum delavayi 'Ankum'". RHS. Retrieved 5 March 2021.