Photographs: Co. Wexford

Common Meadow-rue Thalictrum flavum Rú léana Family: Ranunculaceae Flowering June - August. Perennial. Native. Compact inflorescence with dense clusters of small, erect, whitish flowers which lack petals but have narrow whitish sepals and erect yellow stamens. The leaves are 2-3 pinnate with wedge-shaped leaflets. An erct, nearly hairless plant spreading by rhizomes. Height 50-100cm. Occasional in marshy fields, fens and on riverbanks. Scattered distribution but mainly found in central Ireland. Similar: Lesser Meadow-rue, Thalictrum minus

Common Meadow-rue, Thalictrum flavum, Rú léana