Sanguisorba Linnaeus (Q4179)

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Sanguisorba is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Sanguisorbeae
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Sanguisorba Linnaeus
Sanguisorba is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Sanguisorbeae

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    taxon/id/Sanguisorba Linnaeus
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    Sanguisorba Linnaeus
    Sanguisorba
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Burnet (English)
    sanguisorbe (English)
    North America
    n Eurasia
    Stems 1–10+, ascending to erect, glabrous or glabrescent.
    Leaves deciduous, basal and cauline;
    stipules persistent, adnate to petiole, free portion usually ovate, obovate, or suborbiculate, margins dentate;
    blade oblongelliptic, 5–55 cm (basal blades largest, cauline reduced distally), herbaceous, leaflets (3–) 7–21, orbiculate, ovate, or oblong, leafy stipels sometimes present on vigorous leaves, margins flat, crenate or serrate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy.
    Inflorescences terminal or axillary to distal leaves, 50–500+-flowered, spikes, ellipsoid to cylindric, glabrous or variously pubescent;
    peduncles present;
    bracteoles present.
    Flowers 2–5 mm diam.;
    hypanthium urceolate, 1–6 mm, smooth, muricate, or winged, glabrous;
    sepals 4, basally connate, spreading, petaloid, elliptic to ovate;
    stamens [2–] 4 [–12], shorter or longer than sepals;
    carpels 1 [or 2], glabrous, styles repeatedly branched, brushlike;
    ovules pendulous.
    Fruits achenes, 1, globose, 0.5–2 mm, glabrous;
    hypanthium persistent, enclosing achenes, dry, hardened, top-shaped to ellipsoid, 2–5 mm, 4-angled or winged, faces smooth between angles;