PAPA VERAGE^— POPPY FAMILY 



SANGUINARIA. BLOODROOT "^ 



Sanguinaria Canadensis 



Sanguindria, from the red juice of the rootstock. 



Perennial. In rich open woodlands. One of the very 

 earliest spring flowers, appearing long before the leaves 

 of trees or shrubs. Nova Scotia to Ontario and Ne- 

 braska, southward to Florida and Arkansas. Abundant 

 in northern Ohio. March-May. 



Rootstock. — Thick, charged with orange-red juice, 

 which is both acrid and astringent. 



Scape. — Smooth, naked, one-flowered. 



Leaves. — Radical, rounded, palmately lobed, heart- 

 shaped at base, enfolding the flower-bud. 



Flowers. — White, solitary, an inch to an inch and a 

 half across. 



Calyx. — Of two sepals, which fall when the flower ex- 

 pands. 



Corolla. — Of eight to twelve, snowy white petals, long, 

 narrow, and tapering at either end. 



Stamens. — Many, often twenty-four; anthers brilliant 

 yellow, with whitish filaments. 



Pistil. — One; stigma large, yellow, set directly on the 

 ovary. 



Fruit. — Oblong, pointed pod, with many yellowish or 

 brown seeds. 



Pollinated by bees and flies. Stigma matures before 

 the anthers. 



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