fendler’s meadow-rue

Thalictrum fendleri

Member of meadow-rues (genus Thalictrum)
buttercup family (family Ranunculaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• leaf tips have exactly 3 lobes [source]
• distal leaves abaxially finely glandular-puberulent (requires magnification)
• fruit body compressed throughout, 2–3 ribbed, no veins
• rare in the bay area
• iNaturalist probably includes lots of observations that should have been swapped to torrey’s meadow rue (Thalictrum polycarpum)

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Chris’s observations: none

Not all sites agree about the scientific name:

• Thalictrum fendleri → iNaturalist – FNA
• Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri → Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora