| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Sanguinaria canadensis L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 505 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Belharnosia canadensis (L.) Nieuwl. Belharnosia mesochora (Greene) Lunell Sanguinaria acaulis Moench Sanguinaria australis Greene Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex (E.H.Wilson) Weath. Sanguinaria canadensis var. multiplex E.H.Wilson Sanguinaria canadensis var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde Sanguinaria dilleniana Greene Sanguinaria grandiflora M.Roscoe Sanguinaria mesochora Greene Sanguinaria rotundifolia Greene Sanguinaria stenopetala Steud. Sanguinaria vernalis Salisb. Sanguinaria virginiana Gaertn. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |
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