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Poterium sanguisorba L.

HIGHER TAXON: Rosaceae

GENUS: Poterium L.

Poterium sanguisorba L. [1]
    Poterium dictycarpum Spach. {Synonym} [1]
    Sanguisorba L. minor Scop. {Synonym} [1]
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Morocco (N) [1]
  Asia
    Armenia (N) [1]
  Europe
    England (N) [1,4], Essex [4]; France (N) [1]
    Germany (N) [1]; Ireland (N) [1], Donegal [1]
    Galway [1]; Scotland (N) [1]; Wales (N) [1]
  North America
    America (I) [1]
  Scandinavia
    Sweden (N) [1]
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 28 [1]
  Data reviewed?: 20 sept. 1989 [1]
  Flower colour: green [1]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Hairiness: Almost Hairless [1,13]
  Height: 10-20cm [1], 20-50cm [1]
  Leaf arrangement: alternate [1]
  Leaf shape: compound - pinnate [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - semirosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: may [1], june [1], july [1],
   august [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Poisonous: no [1]
  Pollinating agent: wind [1]
  Present in my garden: yes [1]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES: -
  
VERNACULAR:
Salad Burnet [1]
  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.

  Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
    Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

4.

  Jermyn S.T,1974
    Flora of Essex

13.

  Rose,F.,1981
    The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

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