Sanguisorba minor
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Family Rosaceae
Taxonomy: Sanguisorba minor Scop.
Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Poterium magnolii Spach (taxonomic synonym)
- Poterium muricatum Spach (taxonomic synonym)
- Poterium polygamum Waldst. & Kit. (taxonomic synonym)
- Poterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum (Bourg. ex Nyman) Stace (taxonomic synonym)
- Poterium spachianum subsp. balearicum Bourg. ex Nyman (taxonomic synonym)
- Sanguisorba minor subsp. magnolii (Spach) Briq. (taxonomic synonym)
- Sanguisorba minor subsp. muricata (Spach) Briq. (taxonomic synonym)
- Sanguisorba minor subsp. polygama (Waldst. & Kit.) Cout. (taxonomic synonym)
- Sanguisorba muricata (Spach) Gremli (taxonomic synonym)
- Sanguisorba polygama (Waldst. & Kit.) F.Nyl. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Poterium sanguisorba L. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (10), RBGV_2023 (27), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (9), WAH_2022_2 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 76 records in 10 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 65.42 mm (5-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (2-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); orbicular (1); ovate (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (3); erect (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 10 | 27 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 7 | 11 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 10 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2023 | 7 | 9 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 8 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 4 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |