[Burnets: The Genera Poteridium, Poterium and Sanguisorba East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet

Sanguisorba stipulata

Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis

Inflorescence of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis)

The photo above shows the spike-like inflorescence of canadian burnet as seen in wet meadows along Butcher Bill Creek about one mile west of Penland Lake in the Umatilla National Forest..........June 22, 2007.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis)

Close-ups of the flowers of canadian burnet as seen in wet meadows along Butcher Bill Creek about one mile west of Penland Lake in the Umatilla National Forest........June 22, 2007.

Close-up of the inflorescence (and a nectaring pine white) of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis) - Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis) - Close-up of the pinnately compound leaf of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis)

Underside of a leaflet of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis) - Upper surface of a leaflet of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis)

Additional close-up photos of canadian burnet as seen in wet, serpentine meadows along the Canyon Mountain Trail #218, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........August 19, 2011. Note the pine white nectaring on the flowers in the photo above.

Inflorescence of Broad-leaved Burnet, Canadian Burnet, Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (Synonyms: Sanguisorba canadensis, Sanguisorba canadensis ssp. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. latifolia, Sanguisorba canadensis var. sitchensis, Sanguisorba sitchensis)

Inflorescence of sitka burnet as seen in moist meadows at an old reservoir about one mile above Olive Lake, Umatilla National Forest..........July 28, 2013.

Paul Slichter