Bloodroot Flowers 2018

Bloodroot Flowers
You are looking at the flowers of Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) in my Topeka KS yard. Bloodroot is in the Poppy family (Papaveraceae). It’s Mar 21 2018 and most of the flowers are open while a few are already done blooming. They only bloom on sunny days and each bloom only lasts a few days. The plant gets its name from the red blood-like sap in the roots of the plant. It is a woodland spring ephemeral with a scattered distribution in Kansas – found in only about 12 Kansas counties per bonap.net.