Flower ID: IMG_2008.JPG-06-29-2019 Flower name (scientific): Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Avé-Lallemant [I checked the original publication, Carl Anton von Meyer is not listed as an author]. PY: 1842. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) tha-LIK-trum day-see-KAR-pum Flower name (common): Tall Meadow Rue Family name (common): Buttercup Family name (scientific): Ranunculaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: A Greek name thaliktron used by Dioscorides for a plant with divided leaves and whose identity is not known. Used by Pliny to denote a meadow rue. Specific epithet: From the Latin words dasys for hairy and carpum for carpel. Common name origin: From the plant height, its habitat, and having divided leaves like those of rue. Rue derives from the French rue, taken from Latin rūta, from the ancient Greek for rue. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.3 inches (0.5 to 0.8 cm) Petal count: 4 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 24 to 72 inches (61 to 183 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is compound and lobed Size: Leaflets up to 6 cm long and up to 4.5 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, 3-5x-ternately compound, leaflet, ovate to cuneate-obovate (FNA), oblong-ovate or oblong-obovate (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): June to July Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Meadows, thickets, woodland edges, streambanks, swamps, roadsides, sun or part shade, moist to wet soil. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Thalictrum amphibolum (Thalictrum revolutum nom. illeg.) (Waxy Meadow-rue, Waxyleaf Meadow-rue), a species of special concern in Wisconsin, has a close resemblance. The crushed leaves of this species have an unpleasant smell (a skunk-like odor), whereas the crushed foliage of Thalictrum dasycarpum is close to odorless. The leaf undersides of T. amphibolum are whitish in color, waxy and covered in glandular hairs, whereas those of T. dasycarpum are light greenish in color and either hairless or covered in non-glandular hairs. Ethnobotany: The Meskwaki used this plant as a love medicine. The plant has hollow stems, and was used as a drinking straw (Smith, p. 240, 1928). The Ojibwe utilzed the roots to prepare a tea that was employed to reduce fever (Smith, p. 383, 1932). The Potawatomi use the seeds as a love medicine, and they utilized the seeds and the leaves as ingredients in a medicine to treat cramps. The dried seeds were smoked while hunting as a good luck charm (Smith, pp. 73-74, 126, 1933). Latitude: 44.799608 Longitude: -91.505130 Altitude: 243.40 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY) In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK, YT) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na