Thalictrum flavumL.

common meadow-rue

WFO wfo-0000454062 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thalictrum flavum, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. a Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-26 / obs. 200789106
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. b Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194503979
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. c Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150900352
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by Оксана Серикова
fig. d Оксана Серикова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145785433
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by anbalemans
fig. e anbalemans, CC0 1.0 / obs. 146454783
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by Вячеслав Юсупов
fig. f Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137204697
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. g Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134375206
Thalictrum flavum, photographed by evgeniq_benihanov
fig. h evgeniq_benihanov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132407410

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Native range 41 botanical countries

Regions where Thalictrum flavum is native: Algeria, Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine AlgeriaAltayBuryatiyaIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaXinjiangAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Thalictrum flavum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Thalictrum angustatum Weinm. ex Lecoy.
  • Thalictrum anonymum Wallr. ex Lecoy.
  • Thalictrum belgicum Jord.
  • Thalictrum capitatum Jord.
  • Thalictrum commutatum C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.
  • Thalictrum controversum K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
  • Thalictrum exaltatum Gaudin
  • Thalictrum flaccidum Schleich.
  • Thalictrum flavum var. euskarum Elías & Pau ex P.Monts.
  • Thalictrum friesii Rupr.
  • Thalictrum glomerulosum Fr.
  • Thalictrum heterophyllum Lej.
  • Thalictrum pauperculatum Herm. ex DC.
  • Thalictrum princeps Dumort.
  • Thalictrum prorepens Jord.
  • Thalictrum purpurascens var. rugosum (Aiton) Farw.
  • Thalictrum riparium Jord. ex Boreau
  • Thalictrum rufinerve Lej. & Courtois
  • Thalictrum rugosum Aiton
  • Thalictrum sphaerocarpum Lej. & Courtois
  • Thalictrum udum Jord.
  • Thalictrum wallrothianum Dettd. ex Lecoy.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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