Sanguisorba officinalis

Family	Rosaceae
Subfamily	Rosoideae
Tribe	Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe	Sanguisorbinae
Scientific name	Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray
Synonyms	Pimpinella officinalis (L.) Lamarck; Poterium boreale Salisbury; Poterium officinale (L.) A. Gray; Poterium officinale (L.) A. Gray forma montanum (Jordan ex Boreau) Fiori; Poterium officinale (L.) A. Gray forma sabaudum (Miller) Fiori; Sanguisorba altissima Moench; Sanguisorba auriculata Scopoli; Sanguisorba cylindrica Charbonnel; Sanguisorba hispanica Miller; Sanguisorba major Gilibert; Sanguisorba microcephala K. Presl; Sanguisorba montana Jordan ex Boreau; Sanguisorba nudicaulis Rafinesque; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray forma auriculata (Scopoli) Focke; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray forma microcephala Sennen; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray forma nana (Rouy & É. G. Camus) Gams; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray forma serpentini (H. J. Coste & Puech) Gams; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray raza montana (Jordan ex Boreau) Rouy & É.G. Camus; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray subsp. microcephala (K. Presl) Calder & Taylor; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray subsp. montana (Jordan ex Boreau) Gremli; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. altissima Moench ex Steudel; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. auriculata (Scopoli) Steudel; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. hispanica (Miller) Willdenow; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. montana (Jordan ex Boreau) A. Braun & C.D. Bouché; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. nana Rouy & É.G. Camus; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. polygama (W. Nylander) Mela & A. Caj.; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. sabauda (Miller) Steudel; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. serotina (Jordan) A. Braun & C.D. Bouché; Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray var. serpentini (H. J. Coste & Puech) Rouy & É.G. Camus; Sanguisorba polygama F. Nylander; Sanguisorba sabauda Miller; Sanguisorba serotina Jordan; Sanguisorba serpentini H. J. Coste & Puech
Common name	(Japanese common name) ware-mo-kou (ワレモコウ, 我亦紅 [meaning: I am red too])
	(English common name) official burnet, burnet blood wort
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Europa
Habitat	Mountane field
Chromosomal number	2n=28
Description	Plants 30-100cm tall. Leaves 5-11 leaflets, each 2-6cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers dark purple, flowering in July to October. Perennial plants.
Reference	Sanguisorba officinalis L.
	Sanguisorba officinalis Linnaeus
	Sanguisorba officinalis Linnaeus

August 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	August 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

August 2006 at mountane field	August 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden