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Thalictrum alpinum L.  
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FamilyRANUNCULACEAE
Genus speciesThalictrum alpinum L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 545 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Altitude0-3800m
Descriptionleaves only basal, biternate, leaflets orbiculate-obovate, flowers in sparse raceme, floral pedicels in fruit inflexed, filaments purple, anthers yellow, sepals 3mm long
Size5-10cm
Colorgreenish yellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in early spring and fall
SynonymsThalictrum alpinum var. gaspense Greene
Thalictrum alpinum var. hebetum B.Boivin
Thalictrum alpinum var. microspermum Greene
Thalictrum alpinum var. nesioticum Greene
Thalictrum alpinum var. pallidum Norman
Thalictrum alpinum var. pudicum Greene
Thalictrum alpinum var. typicum B.Boivin
Thlaictrum bracteifilum Bertol.
Thalictrum cheilanthoides Greene
Thalictrum duriusculum Greene
Thalictrum elegantulum Greene
Thalictrum foetidum var. glabrum Gren.
Thalictrum leiophyllum Greene
Thalictrum marginatum Royle
Thalictrum minus var. alpestre Moritzi
Thalictrum monoense Greene
Thalictrum scopulorum Greene
Thalictrum suspensum Greene
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
     41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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