Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Sanguisorba minor Scop.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
Is NZ relevant
This is the current name
This record has collections
This record has descriptions
This is foreign

Click to collapse Biostatus Info

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.

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

Scop.
Scop.
1772
110
ICN
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
species
Sanguisorba minor

Click to collapse Classification Info

minor

Click to collapse Vernacular names Info

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

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.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Sanguisorba minor Scop.

Click to collapse Collections Info

Sanguisorba minor Scop.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Sanguisorba minor Scop.
New Zealand
Otago Land District

Click to collapse Metadata Info

fe2c0e2e-cf22-4424-85a8-e64c20e08662
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 January 2015
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top