[The Buttercup Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Fewflower Meadowrue, Few-flowered Meadowrue, Mountain Meadow Meadow-rue, Richardson's Meadowrue

Thalictrum sparsiflorum

Synonyms: Thalictrum sparsiflorum ssp. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. nevadense, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. saximontanum

Close-up of a flower of Fewflower Meadowrue, Few-flowered Meadowrue, Mountain Meadow Meadow-rue, Richardson's Meadowrue: Thalictrum sparsiflorum (Synonyms: Thalictrum sparsiflorum ssp. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. nevadense, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. saximontanum)

Close-up of a flower of fewflower meadowrue as seen along the Park Road at the Reflection Pond at Wonder Lake, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 19, 2012. Note that the flowers for this species are bisexual. Both stamens and pistils are present within the same flower.

Close-up of a portion of the inflorescence of Fewflower Meadowrue, Few-flowered Meadowrue, Mountain Meadow Meadow-rue, Richardson's Meadowrue: Thalictrum sparsiflorum (Synonyms: Thalictrum sparsiflorum ssp. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. nevadense, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. saximontanum) - Fewflower Meadowrue, Few-flowered Meadowrue, Mountain Meadow Meadow-rue, Richardson's Meadowrue: Thalictrum sparsiflorum (Synonyms: Thalictrum sparsiflorum ssp. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. nevadense, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. richardsonii, Thalictrum sparsiflorum var. saximontanum)

Close-ups of the inflorescence of fewflower meadowrue as seen along the Park Road at the Reflection Pond at Wonder Lake, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 19, 2012.

Paul Slichter