Western Meadow-rue

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Thalictrum occidentale

Western Meadow-rue, a reference photo
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Thalictrum occidentale is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name western meadow-rue. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska and western Canada to northern California to Wyoming and Colorado, where it grows in shady habitat types such as forest understory and more open, moist habitat such as meadows.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Western Meadow-rue being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Species
Thalictrum occidentale

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