Sanguinaria
(from sanguis, blood; the root-stock of the plant is surcharged with a reddish-orange, acrid juice). Blood-root; Red Puccoon. ORD. Papaveraceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a low, hardy, perennial herb, with a thick, prostrate rootstock. It proves useful for ornamenting the front of flower borders. A light, sandy loam or peat soil is suitable. Increased by division of the roots, or by seeds.
S. canadensis (Canadian).* Common Bloodroot; Bloodwort. fl. white, handsome; sepals two; petals eight to twelve, in two or three series, not crumpled; stamens numerous; scape naked, one-flowered. April and May. l. solitary, rounded, palmately veined. h. 6in. North America, 1680. (B. M. 162.)