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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poterium sanguisorba var. polygamum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poterium sanguisorba ssp. balearicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Poterium sanguisorba var. polygamum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-002:
Sanguisorba minor FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poterium sanguisorba
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Poterium polygamum
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum
COMMON NAME:
Salad Burnet, Garden Burnet, Fodder Burnet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_posa16_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Poterium sanguisorba var. polygamum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Poterium sanguisorba ssp. balearicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Poterium sanguisorba var. polygamum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-002:
Sanguisorba minor
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Poterium sanguisorba
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Poterium polygamum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum
1314
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated as an herb and salad green, escaped to moist, disturbed areas, including roadsides and pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
4 united sepals
Petals absent
15-20 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Achene
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