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Burnet-Saxifrage
Pimpinella saxifraga
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Alien species
Burnet-Saxifrage is a medium-sized, long-lived herb in the carrot family. In summer it carries airy, flat-topped heads of tiny white flowers. You can spot it in open grassy places, from dry meadows and roadsides to pastures and rocky slopes.
Did you know?
- Despite its name, it isn’t a burnet or a saxifrage, but a member of the carrot family.
- It has been grown in old monastery herb gardens and mentioned in folk remedies.
About the species
Identification
20–50 cm tall, with a round, slightly grooved stem that may be hairy or smooth. Lower leaves have several roundish, toothed leaflets; upper leaves are smaller and more finely cut. Flower heads are flat-topped, each made of 7–12 small clusters of tiny white (sometimes slightly pink) flowers with slightly notched petals. There are no leaf-like pieces at the base of the flower clusters. Fruits are small, smooth, dark brown, splitting into two parts. Flowers in Finland from June to August.
Plant group
Herbaceous plants
Habitat
meadow
Flowering
Jun–Aug
About the habitat
Prefers open, sunny to lightly shaded grasslands. Found on dry and fresh meadows, roadsides, pastures and rocky grasslands, and also along streams, ditches and shores, in light woods and even lawns. Common in southern and central Finland, rare in the north.
Sources
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20160815Pimpinella saxifraga3.jpg
Text: Pinkka: Verso- ja leviäintunnistus - Kaikki leviäimet, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39199
Text: Pinkka: Pieni maatalouslajintuntemus - Puuvartiset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39199
Text: Pinkka: Kasvitieteen retkeily Ahvenanmaalle - Bomarsundin linnoitus, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39199
Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukinjuuri
