IDENTITY RECORD

Greater meadow-rue

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

DescrIption

I grow to between 50 cm and 1.2 m tall.

Where and when can you find me in the reserve ?

• I prefer woody habitats and grow best in meadows at the forest edge or in wet forest borders.

How can you recognize me ?

• My pompom-like flowers appear between May and July. In color they range from white to dark pink.
• My leaves are similar to those of the columbine.

What other species might you mistake me for ?

• My flowers and leaves are distinctive so it’s difficult to confuse me with any other species.

Conservation status

• Red list of vascular plants in metropolitan France: Least Concern (LC).
• Red list of endangered vascular plants in Alsace: Endangered (EN).
• I am protected in Alsace.

Remember that picking flowers and plants is prohibited in nature reserves.