Thalictrum aquilegifolium - Great Meadow Rue
Phylum: Magnoliophyta - Class: Equisetopsida - Order: Ranunculales - Family: Ranunculaceae
Great Meadow Rue on a roadside in the Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria
This beautiful wildflower grows to more than a metre in height. Is frothy flowers are white with a slightly pinkish tinge - very unlike the meadow rues that are more common in the UK and Ireland.
Habitat and flowering times
Great Meadow Rue blooms on roadsides and in grasslands from the end of May until July.
The beautiful flowers of Great Meadow Rue
The flowering time for Thalictrum aquilegifolium is from May until the end of June.
The specimens shown above were seen in the Pirin Mountain range, Bulgaria, in mid June.
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