Burnet Saxifrage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Pimpinella Species: P. saxifraga
Binomial name
Pimpinella saxifraga

Burnet Saxifrage is a plant, Pimpinella saxifraga of the family Umbelliferae a native of the British Isles and temperate Europe and western Asia. It is neither a Burnet, which its leaves resemble, nor a Saxifrage although it has a similar herbal effect as a diuretic.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Burnet Saxifrage". Image Credit.

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