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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Ranunculaceae
Thalictrum revolutum DC.
skunk meadow-rue, wax-leaf meadow-rue, waxy meadow-rue
Thalictrum: from thaliktron, a name used to describe a plant with divided leaves, and a name given to the genus by Dioscorides, the Greek physician and pharmacologist who wrote the Materia Medica, which remained the leading pharmacological text for 16 centuries
revolutum: with rolled back edges
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-7' tall, stout, foul-smelling forb |
| Flower: | whitish to green, 4-5-parted, petal-like sepals falling early, fringe-like filaments remain; inflorescence a branched cluster; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | dry seed |
| Leaf: | usually various shapes and sizes, prominently veined and fuzzy glandular below, 1-4 times 3-parted; leaflets undivided or 2-3-lobed, 1-5 times as long as wide, usually not toothed, and with the edges often turned backward |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, prairies |
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