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Chinese Meadow-Rue

Thalictrum delavayi

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Common names

13 names · 11 languages
EnglishYour language
Other languages (10)
Dutch
  • Chinese ruit
  • Ruit
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 偏翅唐松草[3]
Chinese (Traditional)
  • 偏翅唐松草[3]
Czech
  • žluťucha Delavayova[3]
Danish
  • Viol-frøstjerne[3]
Finnish
  • jaloängelmä[3]
Norwegian
  • vingefrøstjerne[3]
Russian
  • Василисник Делавея[3]
Slovak
  • žltuška Delavayova[3]
Swedish
Sources & name notes (4)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Thalictrum delavayi — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Chinese Meadow-rue — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • DeLavay's Meadow-rue — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
[2] Thalictrum delavayi — GBIF vernacular names (United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI)) ↗

GBIF aggregation of United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI). The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • Chinese Meadow-rue — results[19] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/7278040/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 7278040; sourceTaxonKey 180095427; Thalictrum delavayi.
[3] Thalictrum delavayi — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Chinese Meadow-rue — results[6].names[1]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • DeLavay's Meadow-rue — results[6].names[2]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • vingefrøstjerne — results[6].names[3]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • jaloängelmä — results[6].names[4]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • 偏翅唐松草 — results[6].names[5]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • violruta — results[6].names[6]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • Василисник Делавея — results[6].names[7]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • žluťucha Delavayova — results[6].names[8]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • 偏翅唐松草 — results[6].names[9]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • žltuška Delavayova — results[6].names[10]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
  • Viol-frøstjerne — results[6].names[11]; taxon id 354775; Thalictrum delavayi.
[4] Thalictrum delavayi — GBIF vernacular names (Catalogue of Life) ↗

GBIF aggregation of Catalogue of Life. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • DeLavay's Meadow-rue — results[4] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/7278040/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 7278040; sourceTaxonKey 295533373; Thalictrum delavayi.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Thalictrum delavayi is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Ranunculaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Native range
Tibet to China (W. Sichuan, Yunnan) and N. Myanmar.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [2]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Unknown
Pollen value Medium
Plant profile

About this plant

Chinese Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum delavayi) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from June to August.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Thalictrum delavayi — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1367244; ID 5626Y; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1367244; ID 5626Y; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Thalictrum delavayi — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 252978; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 996627, 996628, 996629

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.