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Summer
Meadow Rue
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Family: Ranunculaceae
Powdery & Softfaintpowdery
SeasonSummer
OriginEurope, Asia
IntensityVery Faint
LifespanPerennial
About This Flower
Powdery & Soft · Summer bloomer
Meadow rue produces fluffy clouds of tiny lilac-purple flowers on tall glaucous stems, its columbine-like foliage and powder-puff blooms creating an airy, romantic effect through early summer.
Symbolism & Meaning
delicacy, graceful beauty
In the Victorian language of flowers, meadow rue means “Delicacy”.
Habitat & Environment
Europe, Asia
Meadow Rue is native to Europe, Asia.
Quick Reference
- Scientific NameThalictrum aquilegiifolium
- FamilyRanunculaceae
- Native ToEurope, Asia
- Bloom SeasonSummer
- LifespanPerennial
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