Thalictrum sparsiflorum
Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1: 40. 1835
Common names: Mountain meadow-rue few-flowered meadow-rue
Selected by author to be illustrated
Synonyms: Thalictrum sparsiflorum subsp. richardsonii (A. Gray) Cody Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. nevadense B. Boivin Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. richardsonii (A. Gray) B. Boivin Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. saximontanum B. Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Stems erect, leafy, slender, (20-)30-100(-120) cm, glabrous. Leaves mostly cauline, proximal leaves petiolate, distalmost sessile. Leaf blade (2-)3-ternate; leaflets obovate to orbiculate or cordate, usually 3-cleft and divisions 3-lobed, thin, 10-20 mm, surfaces abaxially often glandular-puberulent. Inflorescences axillary, 1-few flowers, diffuse, leafy; bracts leaflike, large. Flowers: pedicels abruptly recurved in fruit; sepals whitish or greenish, often purplish tinged, elliptic, 2-3.5(-4) mm; stamens 12-20, whitish; filaments 3-4.5 mm; anthers 0.5-0.8 mm. Achenes (4-)6-12; stipe 0.3-1.5 mm; body obliquely obovate to half-rhombic, strongly compressed, (4-)5-6 × 3-4 mm, abaxial margin straight, glabrous or glandular-puberulent, faintly 3-4(-5)-veined; beak 1-1.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Meadows, damp thickets, bogs, and coniferous, deciduous, and riparian woods
Elevation: 0-3000 m
Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Meadows, damp thickets, bogs, and coniferous, deciduous, and riparian woods
Elevation: 0-3000 m
Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wyo., ne Asia.
Discussion
The Cheyenne the flowers and ground plants of Thalictrum sparsiflorum medicinally to make their horses "spirited, long-winded, and enduring" (D. E. Moerman 1986).
References
None.
Lower Taxa
No lower taxa listed.
Facts about "Thalictrum sparsiflorum"
Author | Marilyn M. Park + and Dennis Festerling Jr. + |
Authority | Turczaninow ex Fischer & C. A. Meyer + |
Common name | Mountain meadow-rue + and few-flowered meadow-rue + |
Distribution | Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wyo. + and ne Asia. + |
Elevation | 0-3000 m + |
Habitat | Meadows, damp thickets, bogs, and coniferous, deciduous, and riparian woods + |
Illustrator | John Myers + |
Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). + |
Publication title | Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. + |
Publication year | 1835 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V3/V3 277.xml + |
Special status | Selected by author to be illustrated + |
Synonyms | Thalictrum sparsiflorum subsp. richardsonii +, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. nevadense +, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. richardsonii + and Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. saximontanum + |
Taxon family | Ranunculaceae + |
Taxon name | Thalictrum sparsiflorum + |
Taxon parent | Thalictrum sect. Omalophysa + |
Taxon rank | species + |
Volume | Volume 3 + |