Sanguinaria canadensis L.
as named by Carl von Linne (Linnaeus)
Photograph courtesy of Univ. of Georgia Herbarium. Copyright Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Georgia, Athens. All rights reserved.
The goal of my webpage is to discuss the different characteristics of Papaveraceae Sanguinaria canadensis . I have done this by linking pages of both Sanguinaria canadensis and pages of different Papaveraceae in general in order to establish a comparison. I will often refer to Sanguinaria canadensis as Bloodroot, its common name throughout this webpage. Click here to see where the common name BLOODROOT came from!
Sanguinaria canadensis is a member of the Poppy family (Papaveraceae), a small group of some 115 species and 23 genera, found mostly in north temperate zones. Sanguinaria canadensis is the only member of its genus in the world.
Table of Contents
Natural
History of the Bloodroot
An
almost complete list of common names
The
best description that I can give
Where
in the world can you find the Bloodroot??
How
would you encounter this plant?
Click
here for a list of other genera in the family Papaveraceae!
Medicinal
Uses of the Bloodroot
Learn
about the double form of Bloodroot!
Lynn McMickin Biology Major University of Georgia Athens, GA
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