Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Lesser Meadow-rue, Thalictrum minus, Rú léana beag
Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Lesser Meadow-rue
Thalictrum minus
Rú léana beag
Family: Ranunculaceae

Flowering June-September. Perennial. Native.

Clusters of purplish flowers with 12+ prominent stamens. Leaves are bi-pinnate and the leaflets are usually lobed or shallow-toothed. A variable, almost hairless plant with slender stems. Height 30-100cm

Local distribution, mainly found in western Ireland on calcareous or neutral rocky or stony ground, dunes, lake edges, limestone pavements and mountain ledges.

Similar: Common Meadow-rue, Thalictrum flavum

Lesser Meadow-rue, Thalictrum minus, Rú léana beag

Lesser Meadow-rue, Thalictrum minus, Rú léana beag
Lesser Meadow-rue, Thalictrum minus, Rú léana beag

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