Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Canada Burnet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-003:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-10-003:
Sanguisorba canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1313
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in fens, seepage over mafic or ultramafic rocks (such as amphibolite, greenstone, serpentine), spray zones around waterfalls, other seepage wetlands, wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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 p146
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p216
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p091
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p113
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p156
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p073