Sanguisorba tenuifolia var. alba




Family Rosaceae
Subfamily Rosoideae
Tribe Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe Sanguisorbinae
Scientific name Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. alba Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer
Synonyms Sanguisorba parviflora (Maximowicz) Takeda; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link forma alba (Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer) Kitamura; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. parviflora Maximowicz; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. parviflora Maximovicz forma pilosa H. Hara
Common name (Japanese common name) nagabo-no-shiro-ware-mo-kou (ナガボノシロワレモコウ, 長穂白我亦紅 [meaning: long inflorescences and white flowers ware-mo-kou (ware-mo-kou = Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray)]), kobana-no-ware-mo-kou (コバナノワレモコウ, 小花我亦紅 [meaning: small flowers ware-mo-kou])
(English common name) narrow leaf burnet
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia
Habitat Swamp, wet field
Chromosomal number 2n=56 (8x), 84 (12x)
Description Plants electing 60-100cm tall. Leaves 11-15 leaflets, each 3-10cm long, 5-12mm wide. Flowers white inflorescences 2-10cm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fisch. ex Link
Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link
Hyaluronidase inhibitor containing god-type ellagitannin as active ingredient (US Patent 5843911/1998)
Note Poterium tenuifolium Franchet & Savatier is a synonym of Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. tenuifolia (syn. Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. purpurea Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer).



September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study
September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study
September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study



September 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden