Great Burnet🌸

A perennial in the rose family, widespread across Eurasia, native to sunny grasslands throughout Japan. From summer to autumn, dark maroon ellipsoid to cylindrical flower heads appear — petalless, with four petaloid sepals creating their distinctive look. A classic of Japanese-style gardens, cut flowers, and autumn wildflowers; a kigo ('season word') in haiku for autumn. The root ('jiyu' / 'chiyu') is used as a haemostatic and astringent herb.

Identification Points

• ✓Dark maroon ellipsoid to cylindrical flower heads
• ✓Pinnately compound leaves with toothed oblong leaflets
• ✓50–100 cm tall

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