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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Sanguisorba canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-003:
Sanguisorba canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanguisorba canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Canada Burnet, American Burnet, White Burnet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_saca14_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_159
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm120505_210
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Leaves pinnate, with 7-15 sharply toothed leaflets, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmscanadensis_deepgap
May Watauga County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmscanadensis_0
August?
The fuzzy appearance of the inflorescence is due to the white filaments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_004
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm150912_021
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers are borne in cylindric spikes, 2-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_021b
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers have white, flattened, club-shaped filaments, 0.3-0.4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_023
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Flowers have 4 petal-like sepals, 0.15" long; petals are absent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150912_050
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
To 6' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Sanguisorba canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-003:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanguisorba canadensis
1313
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: fens, seeps, seepage swamps, spray zones around waterfalls, other seepage wetlands, wet meadows, over mafic or ultramafic rocks (such as amphibolite, greenstone, serpentinite) or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White then greenish
Radially symmetrical
4 united sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p146
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p325
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p216
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p113
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p156
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p073
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