Papaveraceae
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Sanguinaria
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- الدموية, بلان مخزني, ذنب الفار المائي, عرق الدم
- Catalan
- Sanguinària del Canadà
- Chinese
- 血根草, 血根草属, 加拿大血根草
- Danish
- Canadisk Blodurt
- English
- Bloodroot
- Finnish
- Lumikki
- French
- Sanguinaire du Canada
- German
- Kanadische Blutwurz
- Japanese
- カナダケシ, サンギナリア・カナデンシス, ブラッドルート
- Lithuanian
- Kanadinė sangvinarija, Sangvinarija
- Polish
- Sangwinaria kanadyjska, Krwiowiec, Krwiowiec kanadyjski
- Portuguese
- Sanguinaria
- Slovak
- Krvavček kanadský
- Swedish
- Blodört
Synonyms
- Belharnosia canadensis (L.) Nieuwl.
- Belharnosia mesochora (Greene) Lunell
- Sanguinaria acaulis Moench
- Sanguinaria australis Greene
- Sanguinaria canadensis f. canadensis
- Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex (E.H.Wilson) Weath.
- Sanguinaria canadensis var. canadensis
- Sanguinaria canadensis var. multiplex E.H.Wilson
- Sanguinaria canadensis var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde
- Sanguinaria dilleniana Greene
- Sanguinaria grandiflora M.Roscoe
- Sanguinaria mesochora Greene
- Sanguinaria rotundifolia Greene
- Sanguinaria virginiana Gaertn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.