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Menzies' burnet

Sanguisorba menziesii

Also called Small Headed Burnet, Menzies Burnet

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Alaska to Washington
Climate
temperate

About

Sanguisorba menziesiii, commonly known as Menzies' burnet, Sanguisorbe de Menzies, and small-head burnet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a perennial or helophyte native to Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington in northwestern North America. It grows in coastal bogs and marshes from coastal southern Alaska through coastal British Columbia to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington (Grays Harbor and Clallam counties).

The species was first described by Per Axel Rydberg in 1908.

Other Sanguisorba plants

Burnet saxifrage · Canadian burnet · Korean Mountain Burnet · Alpine Burnet · Great Burnet · Burnet

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sanguisorba menziesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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