Sanguinaria canadensis

Common Name: Bloodroot

Plant Type: Herbaceous

Habitat: Woodland

Light Requirements: part sun, shade

Soil Moisture: mesic

Soil Type: All

Height: 10 - 50 cm

Bloom Time: Early Spring

Flower Colour: white

Germination Requirements: Seed is hydrophilic, intolerant of dry storage. Seed needs a period of warm, moist stratification followed by cold stratification and will germinate after being shifted back to warm, for example 70°-40°-70°F

Details/Comments: Walnut tolerant, harbinger of spring

Picture Copyright: Thomas G Barnes @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database