Sanguisorba tenuifolia
Fisch. ex Link
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Summary
Source: WikipediaA perennial herb reaching 1.2 m tall with a 0.6 m spread. Hardy to UK zone 4. Flowers from July to August with hermaphrodite flowers pollinated by insects. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH ranges. Grows in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist to wet soil conditions.
Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1.5 m tall. The rootstock is branched and robust with several long slender roots. There are leaves at the base and on the stem. Those at the base have 709 pairs of leaflets and those higher up have less.
Edible Uses
Young leaves can be harvested and eaten cooked.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Distribution
It is a cool temperate plant. In north China it grows on the edges of forests and in damp places between 200-1,700 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Prefers a good moist soil that does not dry out in the summer, in sun or partial shade. Hardy to about -25°c. A polymorphic species.
Propagation
Sow seed in spring or autumn in a cold frame. Once large enough to handle, prick seedlings out into individual pots and grow on in the cold frame through their first winter. Plant out into permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Can also be propagated by division in spring.
Other Uses
None known
Notes
There are about 18 Sanguisorba species.
Synonyms
References (4)
- Enum. hort. berol. alt. 1:144. 1821
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 286
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
