Scientific Name
Sanguinaria canadensis
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Family Name
Papaveraceae
Common Name
Bloodroot
Description
Sanguinaria canadensis is a(n) perennial herb, which grows 10 cm to 40 cm in height. This species is commonly found moist understory of deciduous or mixed forests and thickets in drainage ways, often beneath bur oak, ironwood, birch, and beaked hazel trees. The leaves are long-petioled with blades round to kidney-shaped in ouline, usually palmately lobed and with shallower, rounded lobes. Sanguinaria canadensis has white and showy flowers that bloom from May to May.
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