Common Names: Eastern False Rue-anemone, False Rue-anemone

SYN: Isopyrum biternatum

No listed varieties.

Note evergreen basal leaves on long stems, alternate multi-tiered leaves which can be deeply lobed, on flower stem, from which generally one (or 2-4), five white sepal with yellow anther flowers arise from leaf axil. Can grow in large groups.

Easily confused with Rue-anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) whose leaves and flowers come from a terminal umbel, does not grow in groups, likes dryer soils and can have 5-10 petaloid sepals which can be pinkish.

Piedmont
TRAIL: Stevens Creek Preserve
HABITAT: Hardwood bottomlands with Ca+ basic soils
ELEVATION: 35 m (120 ft)
BLOOM TIME: 07-APR