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