Sanguisorba canadensis

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

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

1. "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.