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Sanguinaria canadensis L.
bloodroot

       
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Photo of Sanguinaria canadensis L.
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Muscatine Co., Muscatine, Wild Cat Den State Park. 2000. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sanguinaria canadensis L.

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Synonyms:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

  SACAR Sanguinaria canadensis L. var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde
 

Distribution:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

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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)
 

Related Taxa:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

View 19 genera in Papaveraceae, 1 species in Sanguinaria
 

Classification:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order Papaverales
Family Papaveraceae – Poppy family
Genus Sanguinaria L. – bloodroot
Species Sanguinaria canadensis L. – bloodroot
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
bloodroot              Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
bloodroot              Special Concern
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACU- NI NI FACU-* NI NI UPL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Sanguinaria canadensis L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18990.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/15/2008 10:24 PM MDT