Sanguisorba officinalis, Great Burnet - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Great burnet

Botanical name & synonyms: Sanguisorba officinalis, Pimpinella officinalis, Poterium boreale, Poterium officinale, Sanguisorba altissima, Sanguisorba auriculata, Sanguisorba cylindrica, Sanguisorba hispanica, Sanguisorba major, Sanguisorba montana, Sanguisorba nudicaulis, Sanguisorba polygama, Sanguisorba sabauda, Sanguisorba serotina, Sanguisorba serpentini

Family: Rose (Rosaceae)

• native throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
  

• perennial
  

• 30 to 60cm
  

• flower V to VIII
  

• plant community: calcareous grassland, wet meadow
  

• medicinal plant
  

• for butterflies
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 2,5 gram