Sanguinaria canadensis L.

Sanguinaria canadensis L.

PAPAVERACEAE

- Poppy family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Sanguinaria canadensis L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 505. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Bloodroot

English name: bloodroot

English name: bloodwort

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Sanguinaria canadensis L. var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Sanguinaria canadensis L. var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Papaverales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Sanguinaria
Species:

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Sanguinaria canadensis
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 140.

Sanguinaria canadensis
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Sanguinaria canadensis
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Distributional map for Sanguinaria canadensis L.
Map for Sanguinaria canadensis L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Sanguinaria canadensis L. var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde [177]
2) Sanguisorba agrimonoides Ces. [91]
3) Sanguisorba minor Scop. [2062]
4) Sanguisorba minor Scop. ssp. muricata (Spach ex Bonnier & Layens) Nordborg [154]
5) Sanguisorba officinalis L. ssp. microcephala (C. Presl) Calder & Roy L. Taylor [167]
6) Sanguisorba stipulata Raf. [149]
7) Sanicula canadensis L. var. typica H. Wolff [179]
8) Sanicula simulans Hoover [89]
9) Santalum ellipticum Gaudich. [977]
10) Santalum lanaiense (Rock) Rock [131]

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