General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4-9 inches
Leaves: Other: May go dormant if soil dries out.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Will Naturalize
Suitable for miniature gardens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Other Beneficial Insects
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Warm moist period, then a cold moist period, then cool temperatures for germination.
Suitable for wintersowing
Other info: Seed will die if it dries out. Sow immediately or refrigerate.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Hoverflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Rue Anemone
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Thalictrum thalictroides
  • Synonym: Anemonella thalictroides

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Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2019-04-05
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2019-04-05
Growing in soil clinging to a fallen tree.
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2019-03-30
Wildflower - came with my yard :)
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Location: Van Buren, MO
Date: 2019-03-30
Natural variation in color and petal shape.
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-04-28
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 5th May 2006
Graceful and delicate!
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-04-01
Bulb-thing with roots. Repotting
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-03-10
Rue Anemone 001
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: Jenkins Arboretum in Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-04-21
flowers and leaves
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: North Carolina Botanical Gardens Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Date: February 28, 2023
Rue Anemone #386; RAB p. 459, 76-11-1; LHB p. 390, 70-3-70; MBG,
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-04-21
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Kentucky
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-04-28
Photo by sedumzz

Date: 2015-04-08
Photo by SongofJoy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2022-04-14
Location: Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware
Date: 2007-04-29
public domain photo by Derek Ramsey via Wikimedia Commons: https:
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-10

Date: 2015-04-07
Location: Jenkins Arboretum in Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-04-21
plant in bloom
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023

Date: c. 1897
illustration from 'Flowers of Field, Hill and Swamp' by Creevey,
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-04-23

Date: 2024-04-05
Location: Hood, Alabama

Date: 2022-04-01
Location: mid-TN
Date: 08-24-05
Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan.
Date: April 29, 2010
Photo by KENPEI
Location: Skaneateles Conservation Area
photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher

Date: 2015-04-07
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-18
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-18
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-04-27
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Photo by Lucichar

Date: 2015-04-08

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-27

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2015-04-07

Date: 2015-04-07
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-28
Photo by SongofJoy

Date: 2015-04-08
Photo by SongofJoy
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Thalictrum thalictroides by valleylynn Apr 7, 2015 7:21 PM 2
False rue-anemone? by Cyclaminist Apr 22, 2017 3:07 AM 0
Rue Anemone? by Danita Apr 25, 2019 11:12 AM 3

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