Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Burnet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-003:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Canada Burnet, American Burnet, White Burnet
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Look for it in fens, seepage over mafic or ultramafic rocks (such as amphibolite, greenstone, serpentine), spray zones around waterfalls, other seepage wetlands, wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Rare
...Wet
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White then greenish
Radially symmetrical
4 united sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p146
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p091
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p113
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p156
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p073
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