Birth flower for September 24
Great burnet
Meaning: change, longing
Its Japanese name, waremokou, is read as "I too am red", as if the small, dark wine-colored heads were quietly insisting on being noticed. The genus name Sanguisorba means "blood-absorbing", because the root was long used to stop bleeding. In Japan it is a classic partner to pampas grass in autumn moon-viewing arrangements.