Family: Apiaceae Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native Found on dry base-rich or calcareous grasslands, also on acidic sandy soil 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. Similar: Greater Burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella major

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