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Torrey's Meadow Rue
Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
  
About Torrey's Meadow Rue (Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum) 26 Nurseries Carry This Plant Torrey's Meadow Rue is a perennial herb that grows in Southern, Central, and Northern California, especially in the Peninsular Ranges' Southern Oak Woodlands. It grows in moist places, often in colonies along stream courses and on shaded slopes in Oak Woodland and Mixed Evergreen Forest habitats.


Torrey's Meadow Rue is used in woodland and shade gardens as a perennial background plant. It has beautiful lacy blue-green foliage that unfurls from purplish shoots.
The tiny unisexual flowers are produced atop 2 - 4 ft. tall stalks on separate plants. The male flowers are showier with dangling cream-yellow colored stamens; the female flowers are clusters of greenish pistils.
It goes dormant in late summer when it is allowed to go dry.


This Meadow Rue is easy to grow, in part sun to shade. It grows with occasional to regular irrigation, and can be drought-tolerant once established.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
2 - 4 ft tall
2 ft wide

Form
Form
Upright

Growth Rate
Growth Rate
Fast

Dormancy
Dormancy
Winter Deciduous

Flower Color
Flower Color
Cream, Green, Yellow

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Part Shade

Moisture
Moisture
Low, Moderate - High

Summer Irrigation
Summer Irrigation
Keep moist, Max 3x / month once established

Nurseries
Nurseries

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Very Easy

Cold Tolerance
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to 10 - 15° F

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description
Soil Description
Adaptable

Common uses
Common uses
Deer Resistant

Propagation
Propagation?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 9, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22*, 23*, 24*

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Moist places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 10.5" - 100.0", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 3.60", Coldest Month: 28.0" - 55.4", Hottest Month: 49.8" - 80.3", Humidity: 0.03" - 28.43", Elevation: 3" - 11501"

Alternative Names
Botanical Names: Thalictrum polycarpum
Common Names: Fendler's Meadow-rue, Fendler's Meadowrue


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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