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Sanguisorba minor

Summary 8

Sanguisorba minor (Salad burnet, Garden burnet, Small burnet, burnet) is a plant in the family Rosaceae that is native to western, central and southern Europe; northwest Africa and southwest Western Asia; and which has naturalized in most of North America. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 40-90 cm tall, typically found in dry grassy meadows, often on limestone soils. It is drought-tolerant, and grows all year around.

Associations 9

Foodplant / open feeder
imago of Altica helianthemi grazes on leaf of Sanguisorba minor

Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Claremontia puncticeps grazes on leaf of Sanguisorba minor
Other: sole host/prey

Plant / resting place / on
adult of Melanthrips fuscus may be found on live flower of Sanguisorba minor
Remarks: season: 5-9

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
Podosphaera ferruginea parasitises Sanguisorba minor

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Peter aka anemoneprojectors, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/4598620525/
  2. (c) AnneTanne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/78746377@N00/3603226491
  3. (c) --Tico--, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/tico_bassie/123910648/
  4. (c) José María Escolano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdelobos/4823423321/
  5. (c) adrien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/adrien2008/6174096849/
  6. (c) Hermann Falkner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/40826335@N05/4663546797
  7. (c) Charlie Barnes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/66062911@N03/8349645945/
  8. Adapted by Bea Steinemann from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguisorba_minor
  9. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22911447

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