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Great burnet

Sanguisorba officinalis L.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Sanguisorba

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Great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (48)
Arabic
مرقئة طبية, مرقئة مخزنية, بلان كبير, قاطعة النزف
Armenian
Արյունխմիկ դեղագործական, Արյունախմիկ դեղագործական
arz
مرقئه طبيه
Azerbaijani
Dərman sincanotu
ba
Ҡырҡҡолас
Basque
Gaitun sendagarri, Gaitun sendakari
Belarusian
Крывасмок лекавы, Крывасмок аптэчны
Bulgarian
Лечебна динка
Cantonese
地榆
Chinese
地榆, 地榆叶, 山枣子, 玉札, 虫莲, 黄爪香, 粉花地榆, 腺地榆
Croatian
Ljekovita krvara
Czech
Krvavec toten
Danish
Læge-Kvæsurt
Dutch
Grote pimpernel
English
Great burnet, Official burnet, Menzies' burnet
Estonian
Ürt-punanupp
Finnish
Punaluppio
French
Sanguisorbe, Sanguisorbe officinale, Grande pimprenelle
German
Grosser Wiesenknopf, Großer Wiesenknopf, Groß-Wiesenknopf
hsb
Wulki wohenčk, Zymne wohnjowe zelo
Hungarian
Őszi vérfű
Icelandic
Blóðkollur
Irish
Lus an uille mór
Japanese
ワレモコウ, チユ, 吾亦紅, 地楡
Korean
오이풀
kw
Koghles
Latvian
Ārstniecības brūnvālīte
Lithuanian
Vaistinė kraujalakė
lzh
地榆
Macedonian
Голема изгореница
Mongolian
Сөд
myv
Верь лоткавтыця тикше
Norwegian Bokmål
Blodtopp
Norwegian Nynorsk
Blodtopp
os
Сырхкъоппагæрдæг
Persian
سنگویسربا آفیسینالیس, توت روباهی طبی
Polish
Krwiściąg lekarski
Russian
Кровохлёбка лекарственная, Кровохлебка лекарственная
sah
Ымыйах
sgs
Kraustaba
Slovak
Krvavec lekársky
Slovenian
Zdravilna strašnica, Zdravilna strašica
Spanish
Pimpinela mayor, Hierba de la enjarretadura, Hierba de la mora, Jazmia, Nespola, Nisperero del Japon, Néspola, Nísperero del Japón
Swedish
Blodtopp
Ukrainian
Родовик лікарський
Welsh
Bwrned mawr, Cochlys
xal
Хар толһат
za
Maxlienzan

Synonyms

  • Pimpinella officinalis (L.) Lam.
  • Pimpinella officinalis (L.) Lam.
  • Poterium boreale Salisb.
  • Poterium officinale (L.) A.Gray
  • Poterium officinale Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. & F.B.Forbes
  • Poterium officinale f. montanum (Jord. ex Boreau) Fiori
  • Poterium officinale f. sabaudum (Mill.) Fiori
  • Sanguisorba altissima Moench
  • Sanguisorba andersonii G.Don
  • Sanguisorba angustifolia Opiz
  • Sanguisorba auriculata Scop.
  • Sanguisorba baicalensis Popl.
  • Sanguisorba bracteosa Besser ex Eichw.
  • Sanguisorba canadensis var. media (L.) Maxim.
  • Sanguisorba carnea Fisch. ex Link
  • Sanguisorba cernua Besser
  • Sanguisorba cordifolia Opiz
  • Sanguisorba cordifolia f. ramosa Opiz
  • Sanguisorba cordifolia f. simplex Opiz
  • Sanguisorba cordifolia var. major Opiz
  • Sanguisorba cordifolia var. minor Opiz
  • Sanguisorba cylindrica Charb.
  • Sanguisorba glandulosa Kom.
  • Sanguisorba globularis Nakai ex T.Kawamoto
  • Sanguisorba hispanica Mill.
  • Sanguisorba komaroviana Nedol.
  • Sanguisorba konradii Opiz
  • Sanguisorba longa (Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Sanguisorba longa f. dilutiflora (Kitag.) Kitag.
  • Sanguisorba longifolia Bertol.
  • Sanguisorba major Gilib.
  • Sanguisorba major Bubani
  • Sanguisorba major Hill
  • Sanguisorba media L.
  • Sanguisorba menziesii Rydb.
  • Sanguisorba microcephala C.Presl
  • Sanguisorba minor var. altissima Steud.
  • Sanguisorba minor var. sabauda (Mill.) Steud.
  • Sanguisorba montana Jord. ex Boreau
  • Sanguisorba montana Jord. ex Boreau

and 58 more.

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 828 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

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.