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Sanguinaria canadensis - perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant

bloodroot, redroot, tetterwort, puccoon

genus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria - one species: bloodroot

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a woodland native.

Enjoy these spring wildflowers while they last

The species ordered included jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum, subsequently AT), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, subsequently SC), early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum, subsequently TD), wild geranium (Geranium maculatura, subsequently GD), zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis, subsequently SF), and dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria, subsequently DC).

Assessing the Impact of Lumbricid Earthworms on Forest Seeds in Northeastern Ohio

canadensis Common elderberry Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot Sanicula odorata Black snakcroot Silene stellata Starry campion Silene virginica Fire pink Smilax hispida (= S.

FLORISTIC INVENTORY OF WOOLLEN'S GARDENS NATURE PRESERVE, INDIANAPOLIS, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, USA, WITH QUANTITATIVE VEGETATION SAMPLING OF PERMANENT PLOTS IN 2003 AND 2016

The evaluation of forty-three plant species for in vitro antimycobacterial activities: isolation of active constituents from Psoralea corylifolia and Sanguinaria canadensis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 79: 57-67.

A randomized survey of medicinal plants used by folk medicinal practitioners in ten districts of Bangladesh to treat leprosy

Such variations can occur, for example, between populations, which is the case of Sanguinaria canadensis (Spencer, 1994), or along different parts of the inflorescence, which is the case for Drimys winteri (Winteraceae)(Doust, 2001).

Novedades en el genero Ceroxylon (Arecaceae) del Peru, con la descripcion de una nueva especie

If you look at the leaves you see similarities with Sanguinaria canadensis, (Canadian bloodroot) and the root system has the same 'quest forth' attitude as Romneya coulteri, the California tree poppy.

Purple reign; Add a touch of Mediterranean glamour to your garden this year with bright and luscious lavender your garden

Sanguinarine is an alkaloid isolated from the rhizome of Sanguinaria canadensis, which shows a broad spectrum against various oral bacteria (Dzink and Socransky, 1985).

Anticariogenic activity of macelignan isolated from Myristica fragrans (nutmeg) against Streptococcus mutans