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Salad Burnet

Sanguisorba minor

Description:

Salad Burnet is a low-growing herb of chalk and limestone grasslands which produces rounded, reddish flower heads from May to September. The leaves are famous for smelling of cucumber if crushed or walked upon, and this plant lives up to its name as a popular addition to salads and summer drinks.

Habitat:

found in low common meadows, owned by the Yorkshire wildlife trust

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Debbie Stewart
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Debbie Stewart

Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jun 10, 2013
Submitted on Jun 17, 2013

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