OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanguinaria canadensis   FAMILY Papaveraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguinaria canadensis   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sanguinaria canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sanguinaria canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-01-001:

Sanguinaria canadensis   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sanguinaria canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Bloodroot, Red Puccoon


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_saca13_001_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_canadensis_3732

February    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

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Harry Davis    hld1312_crw_4744

March    Greenville County    SC

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Jerry Bright    jeb_031508_055

March    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

8-16 white petals, 4 of which are slightly longer than the others, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm080322_041

March    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm080329_045

March    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Each plant has only one flower and usually only one leaf, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm110313_942

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

A superior ovary, and about twice as many stamens as petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm110313_945

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm110313_975

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

A double-flowered form?

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JK Marlow    jkm120330_221

March    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaf often glaucous beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm160326_113

March    Laurens County    SC

Thick rhizomes with bright orange-red juice, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Jose Villa    jov_031123_1557

March    Oconee County    SC

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_canadensis_3572

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

The single leaf is folded around the flower scape, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Keith Bradley    kab_s_canadensis_3699

March    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

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Roxanna Martin    rlm3812_20

March    Spartanburg County    SC

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Steve Marlow    snm080322_043

March    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

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Ben Geer Keys    bgk1312_b

March?        

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmsanguinaria_perfect

March?    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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Ben Geer Keys    bgk1312_d

April        

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JK Marlow    jkm0304e_18

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaf is circular in outline but palmately lobed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm0504g_06

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7273

April    Rabun County    GA

Capsule fusiform [broadest near the middle and tapering toward both ends], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm190413_7283

April    Rabun County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm200427_4334

April    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

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JK Marlow    jkm230428_2797

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

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Steve Marlow    snm100403_102

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm160505_506

May    Jackson County    NC

Seeds contain a white, lipid-rich appendage (elaiosome) that attracts ants, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

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JK Marlow    jkm160505_512

May    Jackson County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sanguinaria canadensis   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sanguinaria canadensis   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sanguinaria canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sanguinaria canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-01-001:
Sanguinaria canadensis   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sanguinaria canadensis

 

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1312

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has orange to red latex (milky sap)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal: usually a solitary leaf

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2 sepals
8-12 petals
16-24 stamens (approximately)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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