Scientific Name
Sanguinaria canadensis
Common Name
Bloodroot
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Early spring
Height:
.5 to 1 foot
Flower/fruit:
1.5 to 2 inch bright white flowers; 8 to 12 petals; two sepals fall away as flower opens
Flowering Season:
--
Foliage:
6 inch five- to nine-lobed leaf with blunt teeth; persists until mid-summer
Site:
Moist but well-drained humus soil; shade to partial shade
Comments:
Bright orange-red sap in the thick rootstock
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