Ashley Nash

Sanguinaria canadensis

Bloodroot

The plant type of the bloodroot is Herbaceous perennial. It’s family is Papaveraceae. It’s native range is
Eastern North America. The height of the bloodroot is 0.5 to 0.75ft., and the spread is 0.25 to 0.5ft. The
bloom time for this plant os between March and April in rich woods. Bloodroot is a stemless, rhizomatous.
It is a white flower with numerous yellow centered stamens. It has a bright redddish-orange sap. The
seeds have a fleshy organ called elaiosome. Bloodroot is hermaphroditic. Bloodroot has the capability too
facultatively xenogamous.

Habitiats include mesic deciduous woodlands, either in wooded areas with slopes (ravines, bluffs, valley
bottoms), or wooded areas where the ground is reasonably level.

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 canadensi L. – bloodroot

Rhizomatous is a horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its
nodes.

Elaiosome are fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species.

Hermaphroditic is an animal or plant that has both male and female reproductive organs.

Facultatively Xenogamous is the plant has the ability to self pollinate or cross-pollinate.

Stamens is the thread of wrapping.