Ericaceae
Snowplant
Sarcodes sanguinea
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Sarcodes
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Common names
By language (9)
- Cantonese
- 血晶蘭屬
- Chinese
- 血晶兰, 血晶蘭
- English
- Snowplant
- Icelandic
- Sarcodes
- Japanese
- スノープラント
- Korean
- 사코디스
- Portuguese
- Sarcodes
- Russian
- Саркодес
- Spanish
- Sarcodes
Synonyms
- Pterosporopsis sanguinea (Torr.) Kuntze
- Pterosporopsis sonoraensis Kellogg ex Curran
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leo "Jake" Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melinda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cass brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mark Bagdon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tom and T Herman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.