Sanguinaria canadensis Linnaeus

Sanguinaria canadensis Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 1997.

Vernacular names

• sanguinaire du Canada Marie-Victorin, 1995
• sang-dragon Marie-Victorin, 1995
• sanguinaire Lamoureux, 1975

• bloodroot Newmaster & Ragupathy, 2005
• puccoon-root Newmaster & Ragupathy, 2005
• red puccoon Weakley et al., 2023

Synonyms

• Sanguinaria australis Greene FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Sanguinaria canadensis var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde FNA Ed. Comm., 1997
• Sanguinaria dilleniana Greene FNA Ed. Comm., 1997

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Ranunculanae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Papaveraceae
Subfamily	Chelidonioideae
Genus	Sanguinaria
Species	Sanguinaria canadensis

Habit

Herb