Sanguisorba officinalis

Great burnet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sanguisorba
Species:
S. officinalis
Binomial name
Sanguisorba officinalis
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Pimpinella officinalis (L.) Lam.
    • Poterium boreale Salisb.
    • Poterium officinale (L.) A.Gray
    • Poterium officinale (L.) F.B.Forbes & Hemsl.
    • Sanguisorba altissima Moench
    • Sanguisorba andersonii G.Don
    • Sanguisorba auriculata Scop.
    • Sanguisorba baicalensis Popl.
    • Sanguisorba bracteosa Besser ex Eichw.
    • Sanguisorba carnea Fisch. ex Link
    • Sanguisorba cernua Besser
    • Sanguisorba cordifolia Opiz
    • Sanguisorba cylindrica Charb.
    • Sanguisorba glandulosa Kom.
    • Sanguisorba hispanica Mill.
    • Sanguisorba komaroviana Nedol.
    • Sanguisorba longa (Kitag.) Kitag.
    • Sanguisorba major Gilib.
    • Sanguisorba media L.
    • Sanguisorba menziesii Rydb.
    • Sanguisorba microcephala C.Presl
    • Sanguisorba montana Jord. ex Boreau
    • Sanguisorba neglecta G.Don
    • Sanguisorba officinalis var. dilutiflora (Kitag.) Liou & C.Y.Li
    • Sanguisorba officinalis subsp. glandulosa (Kom.) Kamelin & Gubanov
    • Sanguisorba officinalis var. globularis (Nakai ex T.Kawamoto) W.Lee
    • Sanguisorba officinalis var. latifoliata Liou & C.Y.Li
    • Sanguisorba officinalis subsp. microcephala (C.Presl) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
    • Sanguisorba officinalis f. pallescens Asai
    • Sanguisorba officinalis f. pilosella (Ohwi) H.Hara
    • Sanguisorba polygama F.Nyl.
    • Sanguisorba praecox Besser ex Rchb.
    • Sanguisorba rubra Schrank
    • Sanguisorba sabauda Mill.
    • Sanguisorba serotina Jord.
    • Sanguisorba taurica Juz.
    • Sanguisorba unsanensis Nakai
The dry fruits contain the achenes which contain the seeds

Sanguisorba officinalis, commonly known as great burnet, is a plant in the family Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall, which occurs in grasslands, growing well on grassy banks. It flowers June or July.[2]

Sanguisorba officinalis is an important food plant for the European large blue butterflies Phengaris nausithous and P. teleius.[3]

  1. ^ "Sanguisorba officinalis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ Plants for a Future: Sanguisorba officinalis
  3. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Maculinea nausithous. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 October 2010