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Sanguisorba stipulata Raf.

Canadian burnet (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Sanguisorba

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 35–80 cm tall. Rootstock robust, deep, long. Stems glabrous. Radical leaves: stipules yellow-brown, membranous, glabrous; petiole angular, glabrous; leaf blade with 4–6 pairs of leaflets; leaflets petiolulate, green on both surfaces, abaxially more deeply so, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, both surfaces glabrous, base cordate to deeply so, rarely slightly so, margin coarsely acutely incised serrate, apex rounded; cauline leaves 2–4; stipules green, ovate, herbaceous, margin incised serrate; leaf blade resembling that of radical leaves but leaflets fewer higher up stem. Inflorescence erect, spicate; peduncle glabrous; bracts narrowly fasciated, nearly equaling sepals, glabrous or abaxially pilose. Sepals 4, elliptic-ovate, glabrous. Stamens 4; filaments compressed-dilated from middle to apex, broadest at apex, 2–3 × as long as sepal, nearly as broad as anther. Fruiting hypanthium pilose; sepals persistent. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
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Plants 2–12 dm. Leaves: blade 5–35 cm, leaflets 9–15(–21), ovate-oblong to ovate or suborbiculate, to 10 × 7 cm, lengths ca. 1.2–2 times widths, base usually deeply cordate, rarely truncate, without stipels. Spikes 150–300+-flowered, cylindric, main 5–12 cm, flowering acropetal. Flowers: calyx lobes ?distinct, petaloid?, white to greenish white, rarely cream to pinkish or slightly purple, midveins not thickened distally; stamen lengths 1–3 times calyx lobes, filaments 7–13 mm, distally flattened-clavate. 2n = 56.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-80 cm high. The rootstock is robust, deep and long. The leaves near the base have 4-6 pairs of leaflets. There are 2-4 leaves on the stems with fewer leaflets higher up the stem.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 1.2
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

In NE China it grows in marshy places and on the edges of forests between 1,400-2,300 m above sea level.
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Bogs, swamps and streambanks.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Sanguisorba stipulata unspecified picture

Distribution

Sanguisorba stipulata world distribution map, present in Canada and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30108956-2
WFO ID wfo-0001015022
COL ID 6XJBT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Poterium sitchense Sanguisorba latifolia Sanguisorba sitchensis Sanguisorba stipulata Sanguisorba riishirensis Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia Sanguisorba canadensis subsp. latifolia Sanguisorba sitchensis var. bracteosa Sanguisorba sitchensis var. pilosa Sanguisorba stipulata var. bracteosa Sanguisorba stipulata var. latifolia Sanguisorba stipulata var. pilosa Sanguisorba canadensis var. pilosa
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