Distribution Map

Thalictrum rhynchocarpum subsp. rhynchocarpum

As at April 2024, 2 herbarium specimens

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Thalictrum rhynchocarpum - Perennial. Graceful, much-branched, hair­less. Stems very slender. Leaves alternate, suggesting maiden-hair-fern; pairs of leaflets widely spaced, each leaflet again divided into three separate or joined bluntly lobed portions, texture thin, slightly greyish underneath. Inflorescence loosely branched, branches very Long, thread-Like, individual flowers very small. Sepals four, petals absent. Fruit of single carpel on stalk c 3 mm long, tapering to both ends c 5 mm lone, one edge straighter than other, ribbed, long-pointed.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.