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Rosaceae

Small burnet

Sanguisorba minor Scop.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Sanguisorba

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Small burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
FlowerPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (43)
Arabic
مرقئة صغيرة
Armenian
Սևագլխիկ բազմաբեղուն
arz
مرقئه صغيره
Asturian
Botones de la virxe
azb
کیچیک سینجان اوْتو
Azerbaijani
Kiçik sincanotu
Basque
Gaitun txiki
Belarusian
Чорнагалоўнік крывасмокавы
Bulgarian
Дребна динка
Catalan
Pimpinella, Enciam dels cavallers, Herba forrera, Petinel·la, Pimpinel·la menor, Pimpinel·la petita
Chinese
多蕊地榆, 止血草, 小地榆
Croatian
Mala krvara
Czech
Krvavec menší, PKR/Sanguisorba minor
Danish
Bibernelle, Blodstillende Bibernelle, Vingefrøet Bibernelle
Dutch
Kleine pimpernel, Bloedkruid, Sorbenkruid
English
Small burnet, Salad burnet, Garden burnet
Esperanto
Eta sangvisorbo, Sangvisorbo
Estonian
Harilik mustnupp
Finnish
Pikkuluppio, Pikkuluppu
French
Pimprenelle, Petite pimprenelle
German
Kleiner Wiesenknopf, Pimpernell, Pimpernelle
grc
Ἄλλη σιδερῖτις
Greek
Σαγκουισόρβον το έλασσον
hsb
Mały wohenčk
Hungarian
Kis vérfű, Sangiusorba minor
Irish
Lus an uille
Japanese
サラダバーネット, オランダワレモコウ
kab
Tara ur sebzagen waman
Korean
술오이풀
Luxembourgish
Pimpernell
Macedonian
Мало крвавче
Norwegian Bokmål
Pimpernell
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pimpernell
Persian
توت روباهی
Polish
Krwiściąg mniejszy
Russian
Кровохлёбка малая
Slovak
Krvavec menší
Slovenian
Mala strašnica
Spanish
Arnica fina, Pimpinela frutera menor, Pimpinela silvestre
Swedish
Pimpinell
Turkish
Küçük çayırdüğmesi
Ukrainian
Родовик малий
Welsh
Bwrned

Synonyms

  • Pimpinella minor (Scop.) Lam.
  • Poterium minus (Scop.) Gray
  • Poterium sanguisorba subsp. dictyocarpum Spach ex Rouy
  • Poterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
  • Poterium sanguisorba var. dictyocarpum Spach ex Coss. & Germ.
  • Sanguisorba minor subsp. dictyocarpa (Spach ex Rouy) Cout.
  • Sanguisorba minor subsp. euminor Nyár.
  • Sanguisorba poterium [Weber,]

Flowers

In flower
April to June (from 849 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.