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Sanguinaria canadensis

Common Name: Bloodroot

No listed varieties

Note, Highly variable species. Generally solitary uniquely shaped (oak like) basal leave with deep lobes. While flower with 8-24 petals with numerous yellow-gold stamens.
Very ephemeral (short lasting: <7 days) Closes at night. Blooms in the early spring.

TRAIL: Lick Fork Lake, Modoc Trail
HABITAT: Bottom land oak-hickory forest (Piedmont Forest)
ELEVATION: 75 meters (250 feet), 88 m (282 ft)
BLOOM TIME: 18-MAR; 10-Mar
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguinaria canadensis