Kebnat
PLANTS

King of the meadow

Thalictrum pubescens

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
King of the meadow, In flower
King of the meadow, In fruit
King of the meadow, Flower buds

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests.

There are 1,936 observations of King of the meadow in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Estrie and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord243
  2. Estrie188
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean175
  4. Capitale-Nationale163
  5. Laurentides144
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue142
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches141
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent121
  9. Outaouais112
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine109
  11. Nord-du-Québec107
  12. Lanaudière86
  13. Mauricie73
  14. Montérégie62
  15. Centre-du-Québec41
  16. Montréal21
  17. Laval8

Habitat

ForestCephas

Similar species

Purple meadow-rueThalictrum dasycarpum
Early meadow-rueThalictrum dioicum
Waxyleaf meadow-rueThalictrum revolutum
Blue cohoshCaulophyllum thalictroides
TOXIC
White snakerootAgeratina altissima
Multiflora roseRosa multiflora
White meadowsweetSpiraea alba
TOXIC
Common rueRuta graveolens
TOXIC
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria
Devil's darning needlesClematis virginiana
TOXIC
American elderSambucus canadensis
DEADLY
Poison-hemlockConium maculatum