Sanguisorba menziesii Rydb.
Menzies' burnet
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Menzies' burnet
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a stout rhizome, smooth; stems erect to ascending, 25-80 cm tall, sometimes branched above.
Leaves:
Basal leaves several, 15-40 cm long, pinnately compound, with stipules fused to base of long leaf-stalks and forming membranous margins; leaflets 9 to 15, egg-shaped to oblong, 2-5 cm long, coarsely saw-toothed; stem leaves alternate, 1 or 2, reduced, with free leaflet-like stipules.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a dense, cylindric, long-stalked spike of numerous small flowers, the spike 1.5-7 cm long; corollas absent; calyces reddish-purple to pink, 4-lobed, the lobes oval, 2-3 mm long; ovaries superior; stamens 4, the filaments flattened, club-shaped, about twice as long as the calyx-lobes.
Fruits:
Achenes, enclosed in the 4-angled, distinctly winged, smooth hypanthium.
Notes:
Possibly a hybrid between S. canadensis and S. officinalis.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Sanguisorba menziesii
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
205 | 5 | 550 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
7 | 6 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
7 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(2), CWH(3), MH(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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