| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Sanguinaria canadensis L. |
| Synonyms | Sanguinaria acaulis Moench |
| Sanguinaria australis Greene | |
| Sanguinaria virginiana Gaertn. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 100-1300m |
| Description | thick, tuberous horizontal rootstock, leaves large, reniform, sinuate and lobate, flowers solitary, petals 10-12 |
| Size | 30-40cm |
| Color | starry white |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Minnesota , Missouri , North Dakota , Nebraska , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia ) South-Central U.S.A. (Texas ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Alabama , Arkansas , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Kentucky , Louisiana , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , District of Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | PAPAVERACEAE
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