华东唐松草Thalictrum fortunei

  • Scientific Name: Thalictrum fortunei S. Moore
  • Ref: J. Bot. 16: 130. 1878.
  • English Common Name: East-China Meadow-rue
  • Chinese Common Name: 华东唐松草 Huádōng tángsōngcǎo
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Genus: Thalictrum
  • Distribution: Forests, slopes, damp rocky ledges; 100–1500 m. Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang.
  • Type: Ningpo,C.W. Everard s.n.(Syntype:K);1845-04,R. Fortune 28(Syntype:P)
Plants 20--65 cm tall, glabrous. Rootlets enlarged. Stems branched. Leaves all basal; stipules semiorbicular, membranous, margin entire; petiole ca. 6 cm; leaf blade 2- or 3-ternate, 5--10 cm; leaflet blade orbicular, 1--2 cm, herbaceous, base rounded or subcordate, apex rounded, inconspicuously 3-lobed; veins raised abaxially. Inflorescence monochasial, not enlarged. Pedicel filiform, 0.6--1.6 mm. Sepals 4, white or purplish tinged, obovate, 3--4.5 mm. Filaments oblanceolate, apex narrower or broader than anther; anther elliptic, 0.5--1.2 mm, apex obtuse. Carpels 3--6; style straight, short. Achenes fusiform, 4--5 mm; veins 6--8. Fl. Mar--May. (Flora of China)

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