A plant (Sanguisorba sp.) related to burnet: flowering stems rising from woody stock with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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[1774]
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16893i
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A plant (Sanguisorba sp.) related to burnet: flowering stems rising from woody stock with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The plant depicted is possibly great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis L.) which is edible and used medicinally

Sanguisorba L. = (Poterium L.)

Publication/Creation

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.6 cm

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Pimpinella sanguisorba major. I.R.H.156. Ital. Pimpinella. - Gall. Pimprenelle

Reference

Wellcome Collection 16893i

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