Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
Earliest of the woodland wildflowers, with brilliant white flowers and red sap. The single scalloped leaf unfurls around the bloom and persists well into summer, so it isn't a true spring ephemeral.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–0.75 ft
- Spacing
- 0.25–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- container, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV