Family: Apiaceae Pimpinella saxifraga     *     Burnet-saxifrage Flowering time: June-September. Perennial Habitat: Can be very common on dry calcareous grasslands Umbels of small white flowers, 5-petalled with very short styles followed by slightly ridged oval fruit. Basal leaves once-pinnate with toothed oval leaflets, stem leaves twice pinnate with very narrow leaflets. Bracts and bracteoles are absent. Height 30-100cm.

Burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga
Badbury Rings, Dorset. August 2012