Common Name: Bloodwort, Redroot, Red Puccoon, Tetterwort

Scientific Name: Sanguinaria canadensis

Family: Papaveraceae

Origins: North America (native)

Flowering Time: March to May

Habitat: Rich woodlands and along streams

Range: Found from Manitoba to Newfoundland, and down into the states.

Use: First Nations people used the red sap to dye baskets, clothes, make war paint and to repel insects. The roots are considered poisonous.

Sources:

Chambers, Brenda, Karen Legasy, Cathy V. Bentley, Shayna LaBelle-Beadman, and Emma Thurley. Forest Plants of Central Ontario. Edmonton, Alta., Canada: Lone Pine, 1996. Print.

Niering, William A., Nancy C. Olmstead, and John W. Thieret. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Print.

“Sanguinaria canadensis“. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 February 2018.