Burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella Saxifraga) is an umbelliferous plant, which, on account of its similar foliage, habit, use as fodder, and (more distinctly) astringent root-stock, has been associated or confused with burnet from the earliest times.
Burnet-saxifrage
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 569
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