Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sanguinaria canadensis L. [Papaveraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blodört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bloodroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bloodwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian paint	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanadische blutwurzel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
red indian paint	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
red puccoon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red root	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
red-	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
redroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanguinare du canada	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sanguinaria	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
sanguinariae canadensis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tetterwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Rhizome, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sanguinaria acaulis Moench Methodus: 227 (1794).
Belharnosia canadensis (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 350 (1914).
Belharnosia mesochora (Greene) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 363 (1916).
Sanguinaria australis Greene Pittonia 5: 307 (1905).
Sanguinaria canadensis var. multiplex E.H.Wilson Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 73: 283 (1923).
Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex (E.H.Wilson) Weath. Bull. Connecticut State Geol. Surv. 48: 50 (1931).
Sanguinaria canadensis var. rotundifolia (Greene) Fedde in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 104: 205 (1909).
Sanguinaria dilleniana Greene Pittonia 5: 307 (1905).
Sanguinaria grandiflora M.Roscoe Fl. Ill. Seasons: t. 8 (1829).
Sanguinaria mesochora Greene Pittonia 5: 308 (1905).
Sanguinaria rotundifolia Greene Pittonia 5: 307 (1905).
Sanguinaria stenopetala Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 510 (1841), not validly publ.
Sanguinaria vernalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 376 (1796), nom. superfl.
Sanguinaria virginiana Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 479 (1791).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sanguinaria acaulis Moench	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sanguinaria canadensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sanguinaria canadensis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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