Thalictrum delavayi

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Thalictrum delavayi Prague 2014 3.jpg

|genus = Thalictrum

|species = delavayi

|authority = Franch.

|synonyms_ref={{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:714372-1 |title=Thalictrum delavayi Franch. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 September 2020 }}

|synonyms={{collapsible list|

• Thalictrum dipterocarpum Franch.
• Thalictrum duclouxii H.Lév.
• Thalictrum grandisepalum H.Lév.

}}

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Thalictrum delavayi, Chinese meadow-rue,{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/18077/Thalictrum-delavayi/Details | title = Thalictrum delavayi | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 5 March 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to China. Growing to {{convert|1.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|60|cm|0|abbr=on}} wide, it is a herbaceous perennial with leaves divided into many small leaflets, and panicles of lilac flowers with green or white stamens in summer.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}{{cite web|url=https://botanyphoto.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/2009/08/thalictrum_delavayi/|title=Thalictrum delavayi|publisher=UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research|access-date=15 May 2010}}

The specific epithet delavayi honours the 19th century French explorer and botanist Père Jean Marie Delavay.

The cultivar 'Ankum' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/226656/Thalictrum-delavayi-Ankum/Details | title = Thalictrum delavayi 'Ankum' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 5 March 2021}}

Thalictrum delavayi kz1.jpg

DelavayiHewittsDouble1a.UME.jpg|’Hewitt’s Double’