Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Details
Sanguisorba minor Scop. (1772)
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Biostatus
Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Two subspp. are found wild in N.Z.: subsp. lasiocarpa and subsp. muricata; subsp. minor cultivated in N.Z. as a culinary herb.
Nomenclature
Scop.
Scop.
1772
110
ICN
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
species
Sanguisorba minor
Classification
Subordinates
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Herb with branching rhizomes; stems ± erect, up to 35-(70) cm tall at flowering, glabrous to sparingly pilose, sparingly branched, greenish yellow to purplish, grooved. Lower lvs in basal rosettes; petiole short; blade oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 150-(300) × 45 mm, imparipinnate; leaflets in (5)-7-10-(12) pairs, shortly petiolulate or subsessile, narrowly obovate to elliptic or orbicular, 5-12-(30) mm long, glabrous above, sparsely finely puberulent and often with a few longer hairs on veins beneath, deeply serrate, sometimes purplish especially towards margins or pale to ± glaucous below. Cauline lvs few, similar to basal lvs but with fewer and narrower leaflets. Infl. a dense globose head, elongating somewhat at fruiting. Sepals ovate-oblong, (2)-3-4 mm long, free, ± emarginate with a small cusp, green; margins whitish or pink to purple. Stamens numerous. Hypanthium usually broadly ellipsoid, rarely ellipsoid at fruiting, glabrous, almost glabrous or pubescent, (2)-4-5 mm long, usually sharply angled and winged, rarely obscurely winged; faces usually reticulate and the ridges with small projections, rarely faintly reticulate.
Taxonomic concepts
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Collections
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 January 2015