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Sanguisorba hakusanensis
Korean Mountain Burnet (Sanguisorba hakusanensis) is a perennial from mountain ridges and sunny rocky grasslands in Korea and Japan, grown for its fuzzy pink or lavender plumes and grey-green leaves. It needs full sun to partial shade and moist but well-drained soil.
Sanguisorba hakusanensis, the Japanese burnet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Japan, and Korea.
The plant was first described in 1907 by Tomitaro Makino. Its botanical epithet means "coming from Hakusan", a mountain in Japan.
It is attractive in the garden for its long-lasting pink or lavender, fuzzy, arching plumes, as well as its gray-green, heavily scalloped leaves. It grows to about 20–30 in (51–76 cm) tall when in flower, and prefers full sun to partial shade in moist, well-drained soil.
Known cultivars include Sanguisorba hakusanensis 'Lilac Squirrel' (also known as Sanguisorba 'Lilac Squirrel',) it blooms from July to September.
It is native to both Korea and Japan. In South Korea it is found on the mountains Jirisan and Gayasan (Gyeongsangnam-do), and Mudeungsan (Jeollanam-do), Deogyusan (Jeollabuk-do), and Seoraksan (Gangwon-do).
In South Korea, the young leaves are eaten, while the roots are used medicinally.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sanguisorba hakusanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
