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|accepted_name=Sanguinaria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 505. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 223. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Bloodroot;puccoon;sanguinaire du Canada;sang-dragon
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Sanguinaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sanguinaria]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin sanguis, blood, in reference to color of sap
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;rhizome width"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, scapose, from thick rhizomes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap orange to red.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>1, or few and rosulate, sheathing-petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape">blade 1× palmately lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, 1 (-3) -flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 2, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal quantity;petal size">petals 6-12, unequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens many;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 2-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style fusion">style ± distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture;capsule dehiscence"><b>Capsules </b>erect, 2-valved, dehiscing from base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>few-to-many, arillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity;seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America
|discussion=<p>Species 1</p><!--
--><p>Sanguinaria is similar, and probably most closely related, to Eomecon Hance of eastern Asia, which is monotypic also.</p>
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name=Sanguinaria
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=North America
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Sanguinaria
|blade shape=lobed
|bract presence=absent
|capsule architecture=2-valved
|capsule dehiscence=dehiscing
|capsule orientation=erect
|inflorescence architecture=1(-3)-flowered
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=sheathing-petiolate
|leaf quantity=1
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|petal quantity=6;12
|petal size=unequal
|pistil architecture=2-carpellate
|rhizome width=thick
|sap coloration=orange;red
|seed architecture=arillate
|seed quantity=few;many
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal quantity=2
|stamen quantity=many
|stigma shape=2-lobed
|style fusion=distinct
|whole_organism architecture=scapose
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=9
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