| Great burnet
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Rosids
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| Order:
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Rosales
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| Family:
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Rosaceae
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| Genus:
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Sanguisorba
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| Species:
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S. officinalis
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| Binomial name
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Sanguisorba officinalis
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| Synonyms
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- Pimpinella officinalis (L.) Lam.
- Poterium boreale Salisb.
- Poterium officinale (L.) A.Gray
- Sanguisorba altissima Moench
- Sanguisorba andersonii G.Don
- Sanguisorba angustifolia Opiz
- Sanguisorba auriculata Scop.
- Sanguisorba baicalensis Popl.
- Sanguisorba bracteosa Besser ex Eichw.
- Sanguisorba carnea Fisch. ex Link
- Sanguisorba cernua Besser
- Sanguisorba cordifolia Opiz
- Sanguisorba cylindrica Charb.
- Sanguisorba glandulosa Kom.
- Sanguisorba globularis Nakai ex T.H.Chung
- Sanguisorba hispanica Mill.
- Sanguisorba komaroviana Nedol.
- Sanguisorba konradii Opiz
- Sanguisorba longa (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Sanguisorba major Gilib.
- Sanguisorba media L.
- Sanguisorba major Hill
- Sanguisorba major Bubani
- Sanguisorba microcephala C.Presl
- Sanguisorba montana Jord. ex Boreau
- Sanguisorba neglecta G.Don
- Sanguisorba nudicaulis Raf.
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. alba Nakai
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. altissima Moench ex Steud.
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. carnea (Fisch. ex Link) Regel ex Maxim.
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. cordata Peterm.
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. cordifolia Liou & C.Y.Li
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. dilutiflora (Kitag.) Liou & C.Y.Li
- Sanguisorba officinalis subsp. glandulosa (Kom.) Kamelin & Gubanov
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. globularis (Nakai ex T.Kawamoto) W.Lee
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. latifoliata Liou & C.Y.Li
- Sanguisorba officinalis subsp. microcephala (C.Presl) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
- Sanguisorba officinalis f. pallescens Asai
- Sanguisorba officinalis f. pilosella (Ohwi) H.Hara
- Sanguisorba officinalis var. typica Buia
- Sanguisorba polygama F.Nyl.
- Sanguisorba praecox Besser ex Rchb.
- Sanguisorba rubra Schrank
- Sanguisorba sabauda Mill.
- Sanguisorba serotina Jord.
- Sanguisorba serpentini H.J.Coste & Puech
- Sanguisorba taurica Juz.
- Sanguisorba unsanensis Nakai
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Sanguisorba officinalis, commonly known as great burnet, is a plant in the family Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. It is native throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America.
Sanguisorba officinalis is an important food plant for the European large blue butterflies Phengaris nausithous and P. teleius.