Sanguisorba tenuifolia




Family Rosaceae
Subfamily Rosoideae
Tribe Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe Sanguisorbinae
Scientific name Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link
Synonyms Sanguisorba affinis C. A. Meyer ex Regel & Tiling; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link forma purpurea (Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer) W. T. Lee; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. purpurea Trautvetter & C. A. Meyer; Sanguisorba tenuifolia Fischer ex Link var. tenuifolia; Poterium tenuifolium (Fischer ex Link) Franchet & Savatier
Common name (Japanese common name) nagabo-no-aka-ware-mo-kou (ナガボノアカワレモコウ, 長穂赤我亦紅 [meaning: long inflorescences and red flowers ware-mo-kou (ware-mo-kou = Sanguisorba officinalis (L.) A. Gray)])
(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=28?
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)



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