North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Papaveraceae > Sanguinaria (bloodroot)
	Bloodroot, Red Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis) Durham Co., NC 24 Mar 2007 Statewide and uncommon to fairly common in mesic forests.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.