[The Buttercup Family on Mt. Adams]

Western Meadowrue

Thalictrum occidentale var. occidentale

The photo above shows a close-up of the male flower of western meadowrue with its cluster of dangling stamens. Photographed at meadows immediately to the north of Hellroaring Creek adjacent to the Island Springs Trail #66 on Yakama Nation lands at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams...............July 17, 2005.

Paul Slichter