Common products:
- Ornamental garden plant: Thalictrum aquilegiifolium is cultivated as a herbaceous perennial for landscape use. Nurseries and garden centers sell container‑grown plants for use in mixed perennial borders, cottage gardens, woodland edges, and meadow plantings. The species is valued for its feathery, fern‑like foliage and airy, feathery inflorescences that appear in late spring to early summer. Plants are typically offered as 1‑ or 2‑liter pots, with mature height of 60–90 cm.
- Cut flower: Stems harvested at full bloom are marketed as a specialty cut flower for wedding bouquets, mixed arrangements, and table centrepieces. The long, slender stems (up to 70 cm) and delicate, cloud‑like flower clusters provide texture and visual lightness. Commercial growers supply the stems seasonally, often under the cultivar “Album” or “Purpureum” for flower colour variations.

Properties relevant to use:
- Horticultural traits include moderate height, fine‑leafed foliage, a clumping habit, and tolerance of partial shade and moderate drought. These characteristics make the plant suitable for low‑maintenance garden designs and for cut‑flower production where strong stems and a long vase life are advantageous. No documented industrial chemical properties (e.g., tannins, resins) are used.

Standards and regulation:
- Nursery stock of Thalictrum aquilegiifolium is subject to the same plant‑health regulations as other ornamental perennials. In the European Union, plants must carry a plant passport under Council Directive 2000/29/EC and meet International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) labeling standards. In the United States, interstate shipments require phytosanitary certification from the USDA‑APHIS. No species‑specific standards exist.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Propagation is achieved by seed sowing or by division of mature clumps, allowing rapid expansion of stock without wild collection. The species is not listed as threatened by the IUCN Red List and is widely cultivated in temperate Europe, western Asia, and North America. Commercial production follows standard nursery practices, with no reported over‑harvesting pressures.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Leucocoma canadensis	Nieuwl.	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 254 (1914)
Thalictrum laxiflorum	Schur	Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 2: 93 (1852)
Thalictrum niveum	Lecoy.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 24: 298 (1885)
Thalictrum platyphyllum	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 46 (1875)
Thalictrum platystemon	Lecoy.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 24: 303 (1885)
Thalictrum obtusilobum	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 46 (1875)
Thalictrum oxyphyllum	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 48 (1875)
Thalictrum integratum	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 45 (1875)
Thalictrum juranum	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 47 (1875)
Thalictrum tenerifolium	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 47 (1875)
Thalictrum pyrrha	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 47 (1875)
Thalictrum atropurpureum	Jacq.	Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 34 (1777)
Thalictrum borderi	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 46 (1875)
Thalictrum crossaeum	Heldreich & Charrel	Pl. Saloniq. : 7 (1892)
Thalictrum canadense	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 5 (1768)
Tripterium aquilegifolium	Bercht. & J.Presl	Prir. Rostlin 1(Ranunc.): 14 (1823)
Tripterium pauciflorum	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 7 (1866)
Tripterium contortum	Bercht. & J.Presl	Prir. Rostlin 1(Ranunc.): 14 (1823)
Thalictrum alatum	Dulac	Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 212 (1867)
Thalictrum cornuti	L.	Sp. Pl. : 545 (1753)
Ruprechtia aquilegifolia	Opiz	Seznam 86 (1852).
Ruprechtia aquilegiifolia	(L.) Opiz	Seznam 86 (1852).

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	french meadow-rue
Belarusian	божае крэсла
Belarusian	жывіцельнік
Belarusian	лілейка
Belarusian	пажытнік
Belarusian	пылюшнік вадазборалісты
Belarusian	расходнік
Belarusian	срэбранік
Belarusian	стары дуб
Belarusian	чортава золата
Belarusian	Пылюшнік ворлікалісты
Catalan	talictre aquilegifoli
Czech	žluťucha orlíčkolistá
Welsh	arianllys ffrainc
Danish	akeleje-frøstjerne
German	akleiblättrige wiesenraute
German	akeleiblättrige wiesenraute
German	akelei-wiesenraute
Greek	Θάλικτρο το ακουιλεγιόφυλλο
Estonian	kurekell-ängelhein
Finnish	lehtoängelmä
French	pigamon à feuilles d’ancolie
French	pigamon à feuilles d'ancolie
Upper Sorbian	pyšny žiwotnik
Hungarian	erdei borkóró
Italian	pigamo colombino
Korean	꿩의다리
Latvian	ozolīšu saulkrēsliņš
Norwegian Bokmål	akeleiefrøstjerne
Dutch	akeleiruit
Polish	rutewka orlikolistna
Russian	Василистник водосборолистный
Russian	Василистник водосборный
Russian	Василистник аквилегиелистный
Russian	Василисник водосборный
Russian	Василисник аквилегиелистный
Russian	Василисник водосборолистный
Slovak	žltuška orlíčkolistá
Swedish	aklejruta
Ukrainian	Рутвиця орликолиста
Chinese	欧洲唐松草

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium var. sibiricum	Regel & Tiling	Fl. Ajan. : 23 (1858)

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium f. cornuti	(L.) B.Boivin	Rhodora 46(550): 375, f. 29a–b 1944

Germination/Propagation Top

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Sow seeds immediately as their viability decreases rapidly, or they best germinate when fresh. If stored, seeds might need temperature cycling and patience to germinate.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:

- Doubtful data

- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - China North-central
  - China Southeast
  - Inner Mongolia
  - Manchuria
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan
  - Korea
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia
- Russian Far East
  - Amur
  - Kamchatka
  - Khabarovsk
  - Magadan
  - Primorye
  - Sakhalin
- Siberia
  - Buryatiya
  - Chita
  - Irkutsk
  - Yakutskiya
- Western Asia
  - Turkey

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark
  - Finland
  - Great Britain
  - Norway
  - Sweden
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Romania
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - France
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - New York

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000454527
Canadensys	8570
Tropicos	27100240
INPN	126078
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:714234-1
The Plant List	kew-2513374
Plantarium	38075
Missouri Botanical Garden	286093
Open Tree Of Life	815364
NCBI Taxonomy	619227
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000034045
IPNI	714234-1
iNaturalist	406483
GBIF	6376340
Freebase	/m/0hrcb_w
EPPO	THCAQ
EOL	591134
Elurikkus	7899
USDA GRIN	36424
Wikipedia	Thalictrum_aquilegiifolium

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title

Authors

Publication

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IDs

The complete chloroplast genome of Pulsatilla chinensis f. alba D. K. Zang (Ranunculaceae, Pulsatilla Miller)

Bian C, Xing YP, Xue HF, Hou WJ, Yang YY, Xu L, Kang TG

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

31-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10836482
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2023.2294894
PMID:	38313466

Assessing the win–win situation of forage production and soil organic carbon through a short-term active restoration strategy in alpine grasslands

Wang Y, Wang Z, Kang Y, Zhang Z, Bao D, Sun X, Su J

Front Plant Sci

11-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10808524
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1290808
PMID:	38273956

Effect of grazing and climatic factors on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in grassland ecosystems - a case study of typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

Zhang Y, Wuriliga, Liu P, Fan R, Guo J, Liu L, Ding Y

Front Plant Sci

22-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10770857
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1297061
PMID:	38186605

Do Poisonous Plants in Pastures Communicate Their Toxicity? Meta-Study and Evaluation of Poisoning Cases in Central Europe

Aboling S

Animals (Basel)

08-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10740430
doi:	10.3390/ani13243795
PMID:	38136831

Effects of Different Livestock Grazing on Foliar Fungal Diseases in an Alpine Grassland on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Tian Z, Li W, Kou Y, Dong X, Liu H, Yang X, Dong Q, Chen T

J Fungi (Basel)

20-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10533196
doi:	10.3390/jof9090949
PMID:	37755057

Effects of rainfall amount and frequencies on soil net nitrogen mineralization in Gahai wet meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Xu G, Li G, Wu J, Ma W, Wang H, Yuan J, Li X

Sci Rep

08-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10491659
doi:	10.1038/s41598-023-39267-3
PMID:	37684356

Potential factors promoting the natural regeneration of Larix principis-rupprechtii in North China

Zhao W, Sun Y, Gao Y

PeerJ

08-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10416772
doi:	10.7717/peerj.15809
PMID:	37576508

Effect of moderate livestock grazing on soil and vegetation characteristics in zokor mounds of different ages

Zhang Q, Lu Y, Zhang C, Yao B, Su J

Sci Rep

01-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10393963
doi:	10.1038/s41598-023-39530-7
PMID:	37528212

Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate

Sărățeanu V, Cotuna O, Paraschivu M, Cojocariu LL, Horablaga NM, Rechițean D, Mircov VD, Sălceanu C, Urlică AA, Copăcean L

Plants (Basel)

07-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10059065
doi:	10.3390/plants12061204
PMID:	36986892

An increase in livestock density increases forage nutritional value but decreases net primary production and annual forage nutritional yield in the alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Yao X, Li C, Ahmad AA, Tariq A, Degen AA, Bai Y

Front Plant Sci

24-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9730035
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.1020033
PMID:	36507381

Soil Fungal Composition Drives Ecosystem Multifunctionality after Long-Term Field Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition in Alpine Meadows on the Tibetan Plateau

Cheng B, Liu H, Bai J, Li J

Plants (Basel)

28-Oct-2022

PMCID:	PMC9656404
doi:	10.3390/plants11212893
PMID:	36365345

Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy)

Iamonico D

Plants (Basel)

15-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9414419
doi:	10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:	36015425

Characterization of the complete plastome of Thalictrum aquilegiifolium var. sibiricum (Ranunculaceae), an annual herb

Wang R, Tong BQ, Yang XY, Zhang XJ

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

25-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9318298
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2022.2087544
PMID:	35903300

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Thalictrum aquilegiifolium var. sibiricum (Ranunculaceae)

Michimoto K, Ito T, Maki M

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour

28-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9246009
doi:	10.1080/23802359.2022.2088309
PMID:	35783051

Organization, Phylogenetic Marker Exploitation, and Gene Evolution in the Plastome of Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae)

Xiang KL, Mao W, Peng HW, Erst AS, Yang YX, He WC, Wu ZQ

Front Plant Sci

20-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9166237
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.897843
PMID:	35668810

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Aporphines
(+)-Isocorydine	10143	Click to see	341.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50040A036
(+)-Magnoflorine	73337	Click to see	342.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50040A036
Isoboldine	133323	Click to see	327.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50040A036
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds
Thalmidine	100230	Click to see CN1CCC2=CC3=C(C=C2C1CC4=CC=C(C=C4)OC5=C(C=CC(=C5)CC6C7=C(O3)C(=C(C=C7CCN6C)OC)OC)OC)OC	622.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl] (2S,4aR,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10,11-diacetyloxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	162900810	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC(=O)C34CCC(CC3C5=CCC6C(C5(CC4)C)(CCC7C6(CC(C(C7(C)C)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C)C)C)(C)CO)CO)O)O)O)O)O	881.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80687-1
[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl] 10,11-diacetyloxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	162900809	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(C(OC2OC(=O)C34CCC(CC3C5=CCC6C(C5(CC4)C)(CCC7C6(CC(C(C7(C)C)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C)C)C)(C)CO)CO)O)O)O)O)O	881.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80687-1
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Maslinic Acid	73659	Click to see	472.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
Oleanolic Acid	10494	Click to see	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	86821	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
beta-Sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside	296119	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
Sitogluside	5742590	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
Stigmast-5-en-3-ol	22012	Click to see	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Cyanogenic glycosides
(E,4Z)-4-[cyano-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethylidene]-6-methoxy-6-oxohex-2-enoic acid	163010503	Click to see	373.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(72)80108-0
4-[Cyano-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethylidene]-6-methoxy-6-oxohex-2-enoic acid	163010502	Click to see	373.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(72)80108-0
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
Sucrose	5988	Click to see	342.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[4-(2-nitroethyl)phenoxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol	21629843	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CC[N+](=O)[O-])OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	329.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Monosaccharides / Hexoses
(2R,3R,4S,5S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyhexanal	19233	Click to see CC(C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O)O	164.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
D-Glucose	5793	Click to see C(C1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O)O	180.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
D(+)-Glucose	107526	Click to see C(C(C(C(C(C=O)O)O)O)O)O	180.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726
L-Rhamnose	25310	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)O)O)O)O	164.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.34.726

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General Uses Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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