The Canadian burnet

Good news: raising a couple more plants from seeds paid off and this fall we collected Canadian burnet seeds (on-going).  There is no hurry to sow it in the fall, being a warm germinator, but people are discovering it in the SEED List without any announcement. I just wanted to make sure everyone knows before running out of seeds.

A (revised) plant portrait from 2022.
Here we call Sanguisorba canadensis, Canadian burnet, Sanguisorbe du Canada (Fam. Rosaceae). On the other side of the border, some call it American burnet. We are all talking about the same species :) See the bottom of the post for a note on Sanguisorba stipulata.
With its grayish-green pinnate foliage and fragrant, fluffy, bottlebrush-like inflorescences in late summer (visited by many pollinators), the Canadian burnet makes a great addition to any garden. 

Canadian burnet has an Eastern distribution in Canada (NB, NS, QC and NL), St. Pierre and Miquelon and US.  Records mention that in various states of the US it is considered threatened or endangered. Given the general loss of wetlands, the situation may become worse here as well.
It grows wild on river shores, stream banks, swamps, wet meadows and other wet locations. I can vouch that it adapts perfectly to garden cultivation, in a slightly moist location; maybe it will not grow to its maximum height and it will spread less (not a bad thing).

More excellent pictures for the Canadian Burnet taken in the wild can be seen here:
https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/783544-Sanguisorba-canadensis/browse_photos

The plant portrait on Canada Burnet came as a continuation to the posts on Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus and Zigadenus companions. As mentioned in those posts, we can grow in our gardens many species that in their natural habitat prefer wet places, they just need a proper location (for example, in case of Sanguisorba, a downspout extension leading towards the bed where mine grows).

For seeds we have to patiently wait until September/October. Canadian burnet spreads by rhizomes and forms (vegetative) colonies, reason why I think, it doesn’t always set a lot of seeds. Having different plants raised from seeds it is a better option for this purpose.
Otherwise, it is very easy to grow from seeds (warm germinator, fast growing seedlings!).  After a few years, you can also share divisions with friends.

*Flora of North America differentiate Sanguisorba canadensis and Sanguisorba stipulata (Sitka burnet) as geographically distinct species with notable morphological differences, especially in leaflet shape and flower count. Sanguisorba stipulata is considered the western sister species to Sanguisorba canadensis (which is found exclusively in the eastern states and provinces).