Thalictrum simplex, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 242

10. T. simplex L. , Mantissa 78 (1767).

Glabrous perennial 20-120 cm, with a long rhizome. Basal leaves 2- to 3-pinnate, without stipels; leaflets ovate-cuneate to linear, lobed or dentate to entire. Inflorescence usually narrowly oblong, with short branches. Flowers yellowish, pendent, becoming erect. Fruit ellipsoid, ribbed; stigma sagittate. Most o f continental Europe; rarer in the west and absent from the islands. Au Bu Cz D a Fe G a Ge He Hs H u It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su.

1 Leaflets of upper leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, entire 2 Some leaflets linear-lanceolate or wider, 2- to 3-lobed

(d) subsp. bauhinii 2 All leaflets narrowly linear, entire (e) subsp. galioides 1 Leaflets of upper leaves oblong- to ovate-cuneate, lobed or dentate 3 Inflorescence a lax ovoid-pyramidal panicle (France)

(c) subsp. gallicum 3 Inflorescence narrowly ovoid or oblong 4 Leaflets of upper leaves oblong-cuneate (widespread)

(a) subsp. simplex 4 Leaflets of upper leaves obovate-cuneate (arctic)

(b) subsp. boreale