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Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot, [3] is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America. [4] It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria , included in the poppy family Papaveraceae , and is most closely related to Eomecon of eastern Asia.
The Papaveraceae, / p ə ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r eɪ s i ˌ iː / [2] informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species [3] of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales.
During the 1920s and 1930s, sanguinarine was the chief component of "Pinkard's Sanguinaria Compound," a drug sold by Dr. John Henry Pinkard. Pinkard advertised the compound as "a treatment, remedy, and cure for pneumonia, coughs, weak lungs, asthma, kidney, liver, bladder, or any stomach troubles, and effective as a great blood and nerve tonic."
The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος ("géranos"), meaning crane, with reference to the fruit capsule resembling the bird's bill.The specific Latin name sanguineum means 'blood-red'; Linnaeus cites Gaspard Bauhin's 1623 book Pinax theatri botanici as his source for the name, which in turn refers ("sanguinaria radix") to a blood-red root.
Chelidonium majus, the greater celandine, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae.One of two species in the genus Chelidonium, it is native to Europe and western Asia and introduced widely in North America.
Russula sanguinaria, commonly known as the bloody brittlegill or rosey russula, [1] is a strikingly coloured mushroom of the genus Russula, which has the common name of brittlegills. It is bright blood-red, inedible, and grows in association with coniferous trees.
Cereus are shrubby or treelike, often attaining great heights (C. hexagonus, C. lamprospermus, C. trigonodendron up to 15 metres or 49 feet). Most stems are angled or distinctly ribbed, ribs 3–14 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, usually well developed and have large areoles, usually bearing spines.
The saguaro is a columnar cactus that grows notable branches, usually referred to as arms.Over 50 arms may grow on one plant, with one specimen having 78 arms. [6] Saguaros grow from 3–16 m (10–52 ft) tall, and up to 75 cm (30 in) in diameter.