Sanquinaria canadensis
(Bloodroot)

One of the first flowers in our shady garden area is always our bloodroot.  This native woodland flower gets it's name from the red sap that can be found if you break open the fleshy rootstock.  It is a deciduous plant that has naturalized for us quite nicely.  It disappears every summer but returns with increasing numbers each spring.  

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[ Arisaema sikokianum | Arisaema triphyllum | Cypripedium acaule | Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin | Dicentra formosa 'Alba' | Dicentra formosa 'Zestful' | Dicentra spectabilis | Dodecatheon meadia | Epimedium x rubrum | Paeonia veitchii var. woodwardii | Primula auricula | | Sanquinaria canadensis | | Tiarella cordifolia ]
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