''Sanguisorba annua'' is a species of flowering plant in the
rose family known by the common names annual burnet and prairie burnet. It is native to North America, including many areas in western and central Canada and the United States. It can be found in several types of habitat, including
grassland,
sagebrush, and disturbed areas. It is an annual or biennial herb producing a leafy, mostly erect stem up to about 90 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are composed of several pairs of leaflets, each leaflet oval in shape and usually divided into lobes, sometimes deeply, the lobes becoming narrow, linear, or fingerlike. The
inflorescence is a spikelike dense cluster of up to 50 flowers held erect on a tall, naked
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
. The flower has four green
sepals and no petals.
External links
Washington Burke MuseumPhoto gallery
annua
Flora of North America
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