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
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White then greenish
Radially symmetrical
4 united sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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Sanguisorba canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae
Canada Burnet, American Burnet, White Burnet
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Burnet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm120505_210
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Leaves pinnate, with 7-15 sharply toothed leaflets, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmscanadensis_0
August?
The fuzzy appearance of the inflorescence is due to the white filaments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm150912_004
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
JK Marlow jkm150912_021
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers are borne in cylindric spikes, 2-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm150912_021b
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers have white, flattened, club-shaped filaments, 0.3-0.4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm150912_023
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers have 4 petal-like sepals, 0.15" long; petals are absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm150912_050
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
To 6' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.