Sanguinaria canadensis – Downy Skullcap (B.DR.H.NB.OP)

Ecosystem Services:
(B)-Birds                                             (B&B)-Birds & Butterflies

(BTF)-Butterflies                             (BW)-Black Walnut Resistant

(DR)-Deer Resistant                      (DRGHT)-Drought Resistant

(EC)-Erosion Control                    (EVR)-Evergreen

(FC)-Fall Color                                 (FRG)-Fragrant

(GRD)-Groundcover                      (H)-Host plant

(HMR)-Hummingbirds                (M)-Mammals

(MTH)-Moths                                   (N)-Nectar

(NB)-Native Bees                            (NST)-Nesting Material

(OP)-Other pollinators                 (RR)-Rabbit Resistant

(SHWY)-Showy                                (SPC)-Specimen Plant

Bright orange-red sap in the thick rootstock; found in moist, nutrient-rich forests or natural areas in rich woods; landscape in flower gardens as an herbaceous perennial.

Perennial wildflower from a rhizome (underground, horizontal stem) with blood-red juice, leaf single, rounded in outline but with shallowly and palmately lobed margin, flower solitary, white with 6-18 petals, fruit an elongated capsule with a seed.  that is double-flowered and does not produce a seed. This plant makes for good seasonal ground cover.  Bloodroot is one of our prized Spring Ephemerals, and can create large showy masses in the early spring.

Found in forests or natural areas in rich woods, landscape in flower gardens as a herbaceous perennial. Ants are known to eat and disperse the seeds of this plant.

Host plant for the larvae of the tufted apple bud moth, and also serves as a food source for the southern armyworm.