FENDLER MEADOWRUE 



Thalic'trum fend'leri 



W185 

 (2 leaves) 



newel's small, greenish, without pet- 

 als, of 2 kinds: male and female, borne 

 on separate plants in rather open end 

 clusters (panicles) 



Leaves alternate, 2 to 4 times di- 

 vided (ternately decompound); lower 

 leaves stalked; upper, stalkless 



Leaflets rounded - heart - shaped, 3- 

 lobed, typically not much more than 

 in. long, hairless 



Stems erect, leafy, about 1 to 3 ft. 

 high 



Male flowers with numerous stamens; 

 pollen sacs (anthers) about X in. long, 

 abruptly slender-pointed, at tips; outer 

 flower parts (sepals) elliptic-oblong, 

 about K in. long, somewhat pointed at 

 tip, whitish, papery 



Female flower with about 8 to 12 

 stalkless, seed_-producing organs (pis- 

 tils); sepals similar to those of male 

 flowers. 



"Seeds" (achenes) egg-shaped, some- 

 what flattened, decidedly oblique, 

 about % in. long, 3-ribbed, tipped by 

 recurved, threadlike stalk (style) up to 

 3 times longer than "seed" 



Rootstocks often thickened, perennial 



Roots fibrous 



