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Back to main book page Photographs from Wild Flowers of North Carolina Previous | Next Photograph by C. Ritchie Bell Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Linnaeus A native of eastern and central North Camerica, Bloodroot is frequently found in open mixed deciduous forests, chiefly of our mountains and piedmont. Bloodroot is radily propagated by seed or rhizome sections for the shade garden. Used historically in medicine and as a decorative skin paint, the bright red, bitter alkaloid sanguinarine found in the rhizome also has modern uses, but not that these rhizomes are highly poisonous. Do not ingest! Wild Flowers of North Carolina | Home

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