Sanguisorba minor

Species category

Agricultural

Common name

salad burnet, small burnet

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 4–4.5 mm 
  • Width 3–3.5 mm 
  • Thickness 3–3.5 mm 

Color

Light brown 

Texture

Very high and jagged reticulum between ridges

Other structures

Jagged and complete longitudinal ridges

Identification notes

AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
are very rough due to the jagged characteristics of the ridges and the reticulum.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Rosaceae

Valid name

Sanguisorba minor Scop.

Synonyms

Poterium sanguisorba L.

 Sanguisorba minor.  Achenes with jagged and complete longitudinal ridges. 
Sanguisorba minor. Achenes with jagged and complete longitudinal ridges.