bloodroot

(Sanguinaria canadensis)

Conservation Status
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  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

N5 - Secure

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

UPL - Obligate upland

     
  Midwest

FACU - Facultative upland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FACU - Facultative upland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

Bloodroot is an erect perennial that rises from thick reddish rhizomes with coarse fibrous roots. The rhizomes and the leaves contain an acrid red juice. The stem and leaves are sometimes covered with a whitish, waxy bloom.

A single, large basal leaf rises on a leaf stalk from the ground wrapped around a solitary flowering stalk. The leaf is 4 to 5 wide, roughly circular in outline, divided into 3 to 9 lobes, and has a rubbery texture. The margins are wavy or coarsely blunt-toothed. The upper surface is light green, the lower surface whitish-green. The leaf gradually opens over the season, becoming fully open only after the flower withers.

The inflorescence is a single, large flower at the top of a 2 to 6 long, leafless flowering stalk that rises from the ground.

The flower is 1 to 2 wide. It has 7 to 10 white petals, 4 of them usually evidently larger than the rest.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

3 to 6

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

White

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
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Habitat
 
 

Dry to moderate moisture. Rich woods, forests.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

Usually April to May, however it has been seen as early as March and as late as July.

 
     
 

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Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
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Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Ranunculanae  
 

Order

Ranunculales (buttercups, poppies, and allies)  
 

Family

Papaveraceae (poppy)  
  Subfamily Papaveroideae  
  Tribe Chelidonieae  
 

Genus

Sanguinaria (bloodroots)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
       
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Sanguinaria australis

Sanguinaria canadensis var. rotundifolia

Sanguinaria dilleniana

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

bloodwort

red puccoon

redroot

tetterwort

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Rhizome

A horizontal, usually underground stem. It serves as a reproductive structure, producing roots below and shoots above at the nodes.

 
 
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Bloodroot blossom emerging from its leaf wrapping.

 
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…I shot this picture of blood root and after taking the photo discovered there was some kind of a spider or insect on it with wicked looking legs. Could you tell me what kind it is?

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Blooming Bloodroot....

The Bloodroot plants in the woodlands along a trail near Twin Valley, Mn. May 7, 2020

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Bloodroot growing in the woods on the north side of Crosby Lake

 
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  Plant portrait - Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
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Published on Jul 7, 2013

A detailed look at one year in the life of Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis). These images can help to accurately identify the plant during different seasons of the year.

 

 

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  Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
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Uploaded on Jan 15, 2010

http://www.prairiemoon.com - 2 early native spring ephemeral species are the Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis and the Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum). See them growing together at Prairie Moon Nursery on April 16th.

   
  MyNature Apps; Identifying Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
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Uploaded on May 29, 2011

How to identify Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis also known as bloodwort, red puccoon root, pausonand tetterwort. www.mynatureapps.com

   
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La Sanguinaire du Canada du printemps à l'automne. La Sanguinaria del Canada de la primavera hasta el otoño. Bloodroot from spring to fall.Лапчатка с весны до осени.

   
  Bloodroot -(Sanguinaria canadensis) A Rare and Endangered Old World Plant
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Published on Oct 19, 2013

This is a very controversial plant as a medicinal. Please be careful and aware. Its not recommended to use a black salve.

be informed - http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400297/considering-cancer-salves
This ones scary - http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/eschar.html

The single bloodroot leaf and flower each rise on a separate stem, and at first the leaf completely enwraps the flower bud. The clear, white, many-petaled blossom may open before the leaf has completely unwrapped. This fragile spring flower develops and rises from the center of its curled leaf, opening in full sun, and closing at night. Like most members of the Poppy Family, it lasts for a relatively short time.

The red juice from the underground stem was used by Indians as a dye for baskets, clothing, and war paint, as well as for insect repellent. The generic name, from the Latin sanguinarius, means bleeding.

Bloodroot is considered an At- Risk plant by the United plant savers. Please only harvest if you really need it and if there is an abundance at your chosen site. For more information on United Plant Savers visit www.unitedplantsavers.or

   
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Published on Apr 5, 2012

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) in from sprouting to bloom and later stages

   

 

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  Nancy Falkum
5/6/2022

Location: Whitewater WMA, Main Branch Unit

Bloodroot blossom emerging from its leaf wrapping.

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  Nancy Falkum
4/24/2022

Location: Whitewater WMA, Main Branch Unit

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  Margot Avey
5/10/2022

Location: Big Willow Park, Minnetonka, Minnesota

I shot this picture of blood root and after taking the photo discovered there was some kind of a spider or insect on it with wicked looking legs. Could you tell me what kind it is?

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John Valo
5/12/2022

It is a northern crab spider (Mecaphesa asperata).

 
  Greg Watson
4/29/2022

Location: Vetsch Park

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  Dan W. Andree
5/7/2020

Location: Norman Co. Mn.

The Bloodroot plants in the woodlands along a trail near Twin Valley, Mn. May 7, 2020

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  Kirk Nelson
4/20/2014

Location: Crosby Farm Regional Park

Bloodroot growing in the woods on the north side of Crosby Lake

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