Perennial over 1m tall, stems blackish. Leaves divided 2-3 times. Leaflets to 1.5 cm long, 3-lobed or entire. Sepals 4, purple to white. Stamens shorter than sepals, drooping, summer. Fruit flattened achenes , short-stalked with 2 narrow wings.
W China
The most commonly cultivated species, with several cultivars although plants listed under this name may be T. delavayi.
Source: (1997). Ranunculaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Thalictrum dipterocarpum)
