Rosaceae
Thorny burnet
Sarcopoterium spinosum
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Sarcopoterium
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Common names
By language (7)
- English
- Thorny burnet, Prickly burnet, Spiny burnet
- Finnish
- Piikkiluppio
- German
- Dornige Bibernelle
- Greek
- Σαρκοποτήριο το ακανθώδες
- Polish
- Krwiściąg ciernisty
- Russian
- Саркопотериум колючий
- Turkish
- Aptesbozan otu
Synonyms
- Bencomia spinosa (L.) G.Nicholson
- Pimpinella spinosa Gaertn.
- Poterium spinosum L.
- Poterium spinosum var. crispum DC.
- Poterium spinosum var. inerme DC.
- Sanguisorba spinosa (L.) Bertol.
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RickP, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RickP, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RickP, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RickP, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yaniv Ben-Arie from Tel-Aviv, Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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). About our plant data.