Cooley's Meadow-rue

Thalictrum cooleyi

Native to Georgia (estimated)

Federally listed species. Excluded from routine garden suggestions. Consult conservation guidance before obtaining or planting this species. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

Thalictrum cooleyi — flower photograph — James Henderson, Golden Delight Honey, Bugwood.org · CC BY 3.0 us · Original photograph · Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Thalictrum

Calyptra canadensisCanadian Owlet, Meadow Rue Owlet
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroidesPink-Patched Looper Moth
Eugonobapta nivosariaSnowy Geometer
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Lithophane unimodaDowdy Pinion
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Papilio cresphontesEastern Giant Swallowtail
Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Thalictrum

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Thalictrum

Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Ranunculaceae
Flower color: White, yellow or green

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “White, yellow or green” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 6 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Partial shade; Full shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Cooley's Meadow rue

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	G1
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	LE

Conservation source Global and federal source

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