''Thalictrum minus'', known as lesser meadow-rue,
is a perennial herb in the family
Ranunculaceae that is native to
Europe,
Northwest Africa,
Yemen,
Ethiopia,
South Africa, Southwest Asia, and
Siberia. It grows on sand dunes, shingle, coastal rocks or calcareous grassland, cliffs and rocky gullies at up to elevation at southern latitudes. It grows to tall with erect stems and leaves that are highly subdivided, 3-4 ternate to pinnate.
The plant contains an
alkaloid 'Thalidisine', which is also present in other Thalictrum species.
[S.W. Pelletier (Editor) ]
References
minus
The plus and minus signs, and , are mathematical symbols used to represent the notions of positive and negative, respectively. In addition, represents the operation of addition, which results in a sum, while represents subtraction, resulti ...
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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