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fodder burnet, garden burnet, small burnet

Poterium sanguisorba

Distribution
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AL; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DE; ID; IL; IN; MA; MD; MI; MT; NC; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WV; WY; BC; NS; ON; QC; Europe; w Asia; n Africa [Introduced also in s South America, Australia]
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Discussion

Varieties 5 (1 in the flora).

The Poterium sanguisorba complex has been treated in various and complex ways in Europe; a consensus has not emerged as to the number of species or infraspecific taxa to be recognized.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 9, p. 318.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Agrimonieae > Poterium
Subordinate taxa
P. sanguisorba var. polygamum
Synonyms Sanguisorba minor
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 994. (1753)
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