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Sanguisorba minor Scop. - syn.Poterium sanguisorba L.; Poterium muricatum Spach; Sanguisorba lasiocarpa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Hand.-Mazz. - Rosaceae
garden burnet, little burnet, salad burnet, small burnet, Kleiner Wiesenknopf, (Garten-) Pimpinelle
S.minor is an old garden herb, used for culinary purposes.
[Garden plants of around 1525: the Fromond list., Harvey, J.H., Garden History, 1989, 122-134]
„The leaves and flowers are said to have a light cucumber-like taste, both can be used in cold drinks and in salads. Also, they are used to flavor marinades, sauces, chicken and fish dishes.“
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Wiesenknopf
„A survey of compositional characteristics of the aerial part of sheep's burnet (Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata) growing in Mediterranean French pastures has been undertaken. Investigations with scanning electron microscopy gave the morphological structure of this plant, in particular for akene ornamentation. Taxonomic characters confirmed the identification of the muricata subspecies. Moisture, ash, free sugars, cellulose, amino acids, and fatty acids of the whole aerial part were determined. Besides the major component, cellulose (20.4%), amino acid analysis showed that proteins contained mainly glutamic acid plus glutamine (0.67%) and aspartic acid plus asparagine (0.56%). The main fatty acids were palmitic (29.1%), linoleic (22.6%), and linolenic (21.4%).“
[Nutritional value of Mediterranean sheep's burnet (Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata)., Viano, J., Masotti, V., Gaydou, E.M., Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Vol.47(11), 1999, 4645-4648]
Thomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, vol. 3: t. 412 (1885)
http://www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=904768