Thalictrums are 'see-through' plants. They have heads of many small flowers, usually without petals, so consisting mainly of stamens and giving an airy appearance, aided by the finely divided foliage, often grey-green. So despite the fact that most of them have no colourful flowers, they are most attractive additions to the garden.

Thalictrum tuberosum is perhaps the most beautiful of the Genus, It has delicate foliage with cream to white waxy flowers . From dryish, rocky habitats in the Pyrenees and E Spain.