Bloodroot is a perennial plant with a white flower of eight to 12 petals. The leaves are palm-shaped and grows to a height of 6 in (12 cm). The root is thick and round and 1-4 in (2.5-10 cm) long.
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Bloodroot plants have distinctive lobed leaves and delicate white flowers with bright yellow centers. The plant's roots contain a red-orange sap, giving the plant its name. Bloodroot plants typically grow to be around 6-8 inches tall.
Bloodroot plant gets its name from the red sap found in its roots and stems. The sap contains toxic alkaloids that give it a blood-like color, which led to the plant being named bloodroot.
Common names for bloodroot include red puccoon, redroot, and coon root.
A perennial plant with twisting, climbing vines with fleshy edible roots.
A herbaceous annual that grows to 6 ft (1.8 m) tall.
The plant grows to about 3 ft (1 m) tall with hairy, dull green palm-shaped leaves and small flowers ranging from white to pink to red.