Thalictrum chelidonii DC.

 
  • Family : RANUNCULACEAE
    (Buttercup Or Crowfoot Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEELAMABARI FAMILY (नीलाम्बरी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Ranunculaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Thalictrum cysticarpum Wall.; Thalictrum viviparum Stocks ex Lecoy.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thalictrum chelidonii DC.
  • Common name : Himalayan Meadow Rue
  • Vernacular name :
    • Daampaate (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Forests, shrubberies
  • Key identification features : A slender perennial to 3 m, with few relatively large lilac or mauve flowers 1-2 cm across in branched hairless clusters. Petals 4, elliptic blunt. Leaves large compound, with numerous rounded-heart-shaped lobed or toothed leaflets 2-3 cm, pale beneath; stems usually much branched. Achenes to 1 cm, long-stalked, flattened, net-veined.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
  • Native : East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 53
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thalictrum chelidonii. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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