Common Name: tall meadow rue, king-of-the-meadowScientific Name: Thalictrum polygamum Muhl., Thalictrum pubescens PurshFamily Name: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, stout, tall, smooth to pubescent, green to dark red, ridged Leavesalternate, three times pinnately compound, stem leaves sessile, basal leaves on long petioles, leaflets 15 to 30, leaflets oblong or rounded with 3(4) broad lobes at tip, entire Flowerspetals absent, sepals greenish-white and fall early in bloom, white stamen form globular clusters; terminal clusters, large