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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Skunk Meadow Rue (Thalictrum revolutum)

Photographic Location: Rutherford County TN.

The name Skunk Meadow Rue comes from the skunk-like aroma emitted when the foliage is crushed. I found this example in a road side ditch on my way to Flat Rock Cedar Glade in Rutherford County, TN.

Photographic Location: Rutherford County TN.


It was a little hard to identify because of the difference in the way the flowers look at different stages. Also, the plant will have only male or female flowers, but not both. The first picture is female and the second is male. However the leaves are a dead giveaway. They have the same little puppy dog foot leaves as another member of the family, Rue Anemone.

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