Sanguisorba media Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 169. 1762.

"Habitat in Canada." RCN: 950.

Lectotype (Robertson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 544. 2002): [icon] " Pimpinella minore di Canada" in Zanoni, Istoria Bot.: 163, t. 65. 1675. - Epitype (Robertson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 544. 2002): Canada. Yukon, West Dawson, 18 Aug 1902, Geog. Survey Can. No. 58, 463, Macoun s.n. (CAN-76417).

Current name: Sanguisorba officinalis L. ( Rosaceae).