Salad Burnet

Common Name: Salad Burnet

Latin Name: Sanguisorba minor

Ultimate Height: 1 metre

Flower Colour: Red

Type: Perennial

Soil: Clay, Loam, Sand, Chalk, Alkaline, Neutral PH

Flowering times: May-September

History, uses and notes:

Salad Burnet is, as its name suggests, a big favourite for those that like cooking with local, indigenous herbs. The young leaves of the Salad Burnet can be used in salads and sauces. The foliage is known to give out a cucumber-scent when crushed or walked on.

As well as providing food for humans Salad Burnet hosts the Grizzled Skipper as a breeding butterfly, which will lay its eggs on the plant.

Salad Burnet has also been known to heal wounds historically.

It is also on the RHS list as 'Perfect for Pollinators' and will help us all #bringbackthebees

Description:

The leaves of Salad Burnet comprise up to 12 pairs of rounded, toothed leaflets, and form a rosette at the base of the flower stem. Its rounded flower heads are reddish and speckled.

Salad Burnet flowering

Leaves of Salad Burnet