[Burnets: The Genera Poteridium, Poterium and Sanguisorba in Mt. Adams Country]

Garden Burnet, Small Burnet

Poterium sanguisorba

Synonyms: Poterium balearicum, Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum, Sanguisorba minor, Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearicum, Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata

Inflorescence of Garden Burnet, Small Burnet: Poterium sanguisorba (Synonyms: Poterium balearicum, Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum, Sanguisorba minor, Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearicum, Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata)

The photo above shows a close-up of the tight raceme of garden burnet as seen at the eastern end of Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.......June 9, 2007. Note the long filaments (10 stamens) and the male flowers found at the base of of the raceme, with female flowers above.
Locations this Species May be Found On Mt. Adams:

1. Kreps Lane at Conboy Lake NWR at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.

2. Young's Wetlands (Columbia Land Trust property east of Glenwood, WA.

Pinnately compound leaf of Garden Burnet, Small Burnet: Poterium sanguisorba (Synonyms: Poterium balearicum, Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum, Sanguisorba minor, Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearicum, Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata)

The photo above shows a pinnately compound basal leaf of small burnet as seen along the east end of Kreps Lane to the southeast of Mt. Adams......June 9, 2007. Note the broadly toothed margins to each leaflet.

Garden Burnet, Small Burnet: Poterium sanguisorba (Synonyms: Poterium balearicum, Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum, Sanguisorba minor, Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearicum, Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata) - Garden Burnet, Small Burnet: Poterium sanguisorba (Synonyms: Poterium balearicum, Poterium sanguisorba ssp. muricatum, Sanguisorba minor, Sanguisorba minor ssp. balearicum, Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata)

Small burnet as seen around a small pond at Young's Wetlands (Columbia Land Trust property) to the east of Glenwood, Washington.........June 5, 2014.
Paul Slichter