Sanguisorba minor ‘Wild Form’ seeds grow into the wild salad burnet a perennial herb native to the temperate biome of Europe and western Asia, from the British Isles and Scandinavia east through central Europe and the Mediterranean to Central Asia, growing in dry chalk and limestone grassland. Described by Scopoli. The epithet minor means ‘lesser’. The cucumber-flavoured young leaves have been used as a salad herb and flavouring for centuries; added to salads, cold drinks and as a garnish. ‘Wild Form’ indicates seeds from the wild-type plant (not selected). An excellent wildlife plant supports 30+ invertebrate species. Family Rosaceae.

Full sun; well-drained, dry, calcareous soils; cool temperate conditions; cold-hardy; drought-tolerant. Excellent wildlife and culinary herb.

• Minor = lesser; Scopoli; cucumber-flavoured leaves; salad, cold drinks and garnish; centuries of use
• Dry chalk limestone grassland; 30+ invertebrate species supported; wildlife plant; cold-hardy
• Europe to Central Asia temperate biome; dry calcareous grassland; ‘Wild Form’
• Genus Sanguisorba ~25 species; Family Rosaceae
• Full sun; dry calcareous soils; cold-hardy; drought-tolerant; culinary herb; Family Rosaceae

Sanguisorba minor ‘Wild Form’ is the wild salad burnet its cucumber-scented young leaves used in salads and cold drinks for centuries in European cuisine, a chalk grassland perennial that simultaneously supports over 30 invertebrate species in the ecologically important downland and limestone grassland communities of western Europe.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.