Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
Sanguisorba minor Scopoli subsp. balearica (Bourgeau ex Nyman) M. Garmendia & C. Navarro
Poterium spachianum Cosson subsp. balearicum Bourgeau ex Nyman
Sanguisorba minor Scopoli subsp. muricata (Spach ex Bonnier & Layens) Nordborg
Poterium sanguisorba is an upright exotic annual herb that is rather out of place in the Ponderosa Pine forest where it can be found in the Gila National Forest. It has a compound leaf whose leaflets are toothed and ovate to oblong. The small flowers are crowded into a terminal head which is green and pink or red. The color is imparted by the pistils and stamens. The flowers on the upper portion of the flowerhead are pistillate while the lower ones are staminate.
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Poterium sanguisorba, photo Russ Kleinman & the GNPS field trip to Signal Peak, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 19, 2009
Poterium sanguisorba, closeup of flower head, photo Russ Kleinman & the GNPS field trip to Signal Peak, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 19, 2009
Poterium sanguisorba, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & the GNPS field trip to Signal Peak, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 19, 2009
Poterium sanguisorba, 1x field macro of flower head, photo Russ Kleinman & the GNPS field trip to Signal Peak, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 19, 2009
Poterium sanguisorba, closeup of achenes on flower head, photo Russ Kleinman & the GNPS field trip to Signal Peak, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 19, 2009
Poterium sanguisorba, 1x field macro of flower head, photo Russ Kleinman & the GNPS field trip to Signal Peak, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, July 19, 2009
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