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

Annual Burnet, Prairie Burnet, Western Burnet

Poteridium occidentale

Synonyms: Poteridium annuum, Sanguisorba annua, Sanguisorba occidentalis

Basal leaf rosette of Annual Burnet, Prairie Burnet, Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale (Synonyms: Poteridium annuum, Sanguisorba annua, Sanguisorba occidentalis)

Annual burnet as seen in the riparian area of the drained Howard Prairie Lake at Grizzly Creek Campground, Jackson County Parks, OR......July 23, 2021. Note the deeply incised leaflet margins.

Annual Burnet, Prairie Burnet, Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale (Synonyms: Poteridium annuum, Sanguisorba annua, Sanguisorba occidentalis)

The photo above shows a basal rosette of leaves of annual burnet as seen along Road S1750 at about 4050' on south-facing slopes of King Mt to the south of Mt. Adams.........May 13, 2007.

Leaf of Annual Burnet, Prairie Burnet, Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale (Synonyms: Poteridium annuum, Sanguisorba annua, Sanguisorba occidentalis) - Annual Burnet, Prairie Burnet, Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale (Synonyms: Poteridium annuum, Sanguisorba annua, Sanguisorba occidentalis)

Two close-up images of the pinnately compound leaf of annual burnet as seen along Road K6000 near 2780' on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams..........October 22, 2005.

Paul Slichter