Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Sanguisorba minor
Sanguisorba minor, commonly known as salad burnet or garden burnet, is an edible perennial herbaceous plant. It features ferny, toothed leaves and distinctive crimson, spherical flower clusters that rise above the foliage on thin stems. The plant is drought-tolerant and can grow to heights of 25–55 cm, depending on moisture levels. It is evergreen to semi-evergreen and can live for over 20 years.
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Rosales
Rosaceae
Sanguisorba
The plant contains compounds that contribute to its medicinal properties, including tannins and other astringent substances. These compounds are responsible for the plant's historical use in controlling bleeding.
Culinary: Young leaves are used in salads, dressings, sauces, and summer drinks. They have a flavor described as mildly cucumber with a tart and slightly hot taste. Medicinal: Historically used to control bleeding and as a tea to relieve diarrhea. Ornamental: The unusual crimson, ball-shaped blooms are used in floral arrangements. For wildlife and livestock: Provides nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, moths, and other pollinators. Good forage for wildlife and livestock, including elk, deer, antelope, and birds.
Early summer
Spring to early summer, seeds are mature when hard and dark.
25–55 cm
Crimson
Calcareous and chalk soils, alluvial meadows, Kermes oak maquis, garrigue, infertile, well-drained soils, weakly saline and weakly alkaline or acidic soils. It grows at a range of elevations.
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