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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Rose Family
  7. Burnet Subtribe
  8. Burnets

genus

Burnets

Sanguisorba

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Sanguisorba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is burnet.

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Children

  • Sanguisorba 3 native
  • Salad Burnet 1 native
  • Prairie Burnet

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native burnets All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Great Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis caterpillars 4 hosts 1 food 13 flowers 11
  • Canadian Burnet Sanguisorba canadensis caterpillars 1 food 2 flowers 4
  • Sitka Burnet Sanguisorba stipulata caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Western Burnet Sanguisorba occidentalis caterpillars 1

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