Scientific Name
Sanguisorba canadensis
Common Name
Canada burnet
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
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Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
3 to 8 feet
Flower/fruit:
Small white flowers in dense spikes on branched stems; flowers lack petals but have a calyx with four lobes and four long showy stamens
Flowering Season:
Summer into early fall
Foliage:
Large basal leaves, pinnately divided into 7 to 15 oblong, sharply toothed leaflets
Site:
Bogs, seepage slopes, wet meadows, thickets
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