(A) Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum polygamum ) is 
one of the characteristic plants of swamps and edges 
of streams. Should its neighboring plants be three or 
four feet high, we find the plume-like flowers of this 
species triumphantly waving above them on stems five, 
six or even seven feet tall. 
The stalk is rather stout and grooved, pale green, 
stained with maroon. The long stemmed leaves are 
many times compounded into small, lobed leaflets of a 
pale, dull blue-green color. The flowers are in feathery 
clusters; each individual flower having numerous white 
filaments, no petals, but usually four or five early fall¬ 
ing sepals. 
From June to September we may find the mist-like 
flowers of Meadow Rue in swamps, from Labrador to 
Manitoba and south through the United States. 
(B) Pasque Flower (Anemone patens ) has a soli¬ 
tary erect flower with five to seven purplish sepals. 
Leaves divided and cut into narrow, acute lobes. Both 
stem and leaves covered with silky hairs. This species 
is found on prairies from Wis. and Montana south- 
« wards. 
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