Common name: Bloodroot
Scientific name: Sanguinaria canadensis
Category: Native Forb, Common Perennial
Sample mature size: 0.5 m tall, 0.3 m wide; 2 ft tall, 1 ft wide
Sunlight: Partial-sun, Shade
Water: Medium-wet, Wet
Soil: Loam
Blooms: White in April
Natural habitats: Woodland-shaded
Wildlife benefits: Bees/wasps π
Points of interest: - Its common name comes from its underground stems or rhizomes that contain a red juice
- Each flower can last 10 to 12 days, opening and closing each day with the sun. Spring ephemeral plant ( grows early spring and is dormant by mid -summer
- Poisonous to both humans and animals
- Can be found growing along streams , moist slopes and in deciduous forests