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Sanguisorba officinalis
Also called Official burnet, Burnet Bloodwort, Salad Burnet, Sanguisorba
Great burnet is a hardy herbaceous perennial of cool, damp grasslands across the Northern Hemisphere, growing up to about 1 m with spiky red-purple flower heads. It thrives in full sun or light shade in moist, well-drained soil.
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.
Sanguisorba officinalis is an important food plant for the European large blue butterflies Phengaris nausithous and P. teleius.
Sanguiin H-6 is a dimeric ellagitannin that can be found in S. officinalis.
Ziyuglycoside II is a triterpenoid saponin that can be found in S. officinalis.
The species is native to the majority of Europe, Asia and the West Coast of Canada and the United States. It has been introduced to Finland in Europe and Peru in South America.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sanguisorba officinalis 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.
