Salad burnet
Sanguisorba verrucosa
Synonyms: Poterium alophum, Poterium magnolii, Sanguisorba minor var. verrucosa, Sanguisorba magnolii var. sericeum, Poterium sanguisorba f. mauritanica, Sanguisorba minor subsp. verrucosa, Poterium verrucosum f. pubescens, Poterium verrucosum, Sanguisorba magnolii var. sericea, Poterium microphyllum, Sanguisorba vulgaris subvar. multicaulis, Sanguisorba magnolii subsp. koruklii, Sanguisorba vulgaris subvar. magnolii, Poterium muricatum subsp. magnolii, Poterium microcarpum, Sanguisorba sanguisorba subsp. verrucosa, Poterium sanguisorba var. microcarpum, Sanguisorba vulgaris var. verrucosa, Poterium verrucosum var. microcarpum, Poterium ancistroides var. vincentinum, Poterium trigynum, Poterium sanguisorba f. verrucosum, Poterium spachianum var. laxum, Sanguisorba magnolii subsp. goekhanii, Poterium sanguisorba subsp. magnolii, Sanguisorba minor f. verrucosa, Poterium magnolii var. verrucosum, Poterium sanguisorba var. verrucosum, Poterium muricatum subsp. verrucosum, Poterium spachianum, Sanguisorba spachiana, Sanguisorba minor var. microcarpa, Sanguisorba mediterranea, Sanguisorba verrucosa var. spachiana, Sanguisorba minor subsp. magnolii, Poterium mauritanicum var. saxatile, Sanguisorba magnolii subsp. spachiana, Poterium magnolii f. minor, Poterium vulgare var. magnolii, Sanguisorba magnolii subsp. multicaulis, Poterium verrucosum var. sericeum, Poterium spachianum var. microphyllum, Poterium multicaule, Poterium chrysogoni, Sanguisorba vulgaris subvar. mauritanica, Sanguisorba magnolii subsp. bicakcii, Sanguisorba sanguisorba var. microcarpa, Sanguisorba multicaulis, Sanguisorba vulgaris f. magnolii, Poterium verrucosum var. multicaule, Sanguisorba sanguisorba var. microphylla, Poterium verrucosum var. magnolii, Sanguisorba minor subsp. spachiana, Sanguisorba vulgaris f. multicaulis, Poterium dioicum, Sanguisorba magnolii, Poterium magnolii var. spachianum, Poterium sanguisorba var. magnolii, Poterium sanguisorba var. spachianum, Sanguisorba sanguisorba subvar. microcarpum, Sanguisorba ancistroides
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Sanguisorba verrucosa is a perennial herb in the rose family (Rosaceae), often treated as a close relative of, or a regional segregate from, the widespread salad burnet Sanguisorba minor. The species is centred on the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia, extending through Greece, Turkey, the Levant, the Caucasus, and into Iran. Plants form basal rosettes from a stout woody rootstock and produce slender, branching, glabrous to sparsely hairy flowering stems 20-60 cm tall. The leaves are mostly basal, pinnately compound 10-25 cm long, with 7-15 pairs of small obovate to elliptic leaflets 5-15 mm long, each with deeply toothed margins, glabrous on the upper surface and somewhat glaucous beneath; the foliage releases a faint cucumber scent when crushed. The inflorescence is a dense, terminal, ovoid to oblong head 1-2 cm long, distinctively warty (verrucose) in fruit — the basis of the epithet — owing to the strongly wrinkled and ribbed hypanthial tube enclosing each achene. Flowers are inconspicuous, lacking petals; the lower flowers are male, the upper hermaphrodite or female, with four reddish-green sepals and protruding stamens.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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Important Disclaimer
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