| Taxon | Thalictrum sparsiflorum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Ranunculaceae |
| Family common name(s) | buttercup; butter-cup; crowfoot; crowfoots; larkspur; delphinium; ranunc |
| Genus common name(s) | meadow-rue; meadow rue; meadowrue; maid-of-the-mist; maid of the mist |
| Species common name(s) | sparse-flowered meadow-rue; few-flowered meadow-rue; few-flowered meadow rue; few flowered meadow rue; few-flowered meadowrue; fewflowered meadowrue; few-flower meadow-rue; few flower meadow rue; few-flower meadow rue; few-flower meadowrue; fewflower meadow-rue; fewflower meadow rue; fewflower meadowrue; montane meadow-rue; montane meadowrue |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | mountain meadow-rue, mountain meadow rue, mountain meadowrue are applied to multiple Thalictrum taxa; rue-anemone, rue anemone are applied to multiple Ranunculaceae taxa |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. saximontanum B. Boivin |
