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Salad burnet

Sanguisorba minor

A low perennial herb with finely divided leaves that taste of cucumber, historically grown as a salad green.

Family

Rosaceae

Temperature

13-22°C (absolute 4-26°C)

Rainfall

500-800mm (absolute 300-1300mm)

Altitude

2300m

Soil pH

6.5-7.5 (absolute 6-8.2)

Soil types

Well-drained chalky or loamy soils