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    Canada Burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis)

    Source: Wikipedia

    Sanguisorba canadensis
    Canadian burnet
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Eudicots
    Clade: Rosids
    Order: Rosales
    Family: Rosaceae
    Genus: Sanguisorba
    Species:
    S. canadensis
    Binomial name
    Sanguisorba canadensis

    Sanguisorba canadensis, the white burnet[1] or Canadian burnet, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to North America. This herbaceous perennial commonly grows in bogs, swamps, and roadsides from Labrador to Georgia. It grows four to five feet (1.2 to 1.5 m) tall, with creamy white flowers in cylindrical spikes, appearing from summer into autumn.[1]

    Unlike its close relatives, Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet) and Sanguisorba minor (salad burnet), the leaves must be cooked to be eaten, in order to remove the bitterness.[2]

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Sanguisorba canadensis". RHS. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
    2. ^ Gardner, Jo Ann; Holly S. Dougherty (2005). Herbs in Bloom. Timber Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-88192-698-9.