Status:
Bloodroot grows throughout eastern North America. In Maryland, it is common in the Piedmont and mountains, infrequent on the coastal plain (J. Hill/MNPS).
Description:
The plant has no above-ground stem. In early spring, the underground stem, or rhizome, which has bright orange-red juice, sends up an erect, solitary flower bud, wrapped in (usually) a single leaf that is often irregularly palmately lobed. The flower petals are very ephemeral, but the leaves persist and continue to enlarge (J. Hill/MNPS).
Records:
There are 293 records in the project database.
Links:
View species at Maryland Plant Atlas
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The leaves of Bloodroot in Charles Co., Maryland (5/17/2014). Photo by
Jim Stasz. (
MBP list)
A post bloom Bloodroot with seedpod in Dorchester Co., Maryland (4/8/2012). Photo by
Jim Brighton. (
MBP list)
Bloodroot in Howard Co., Maryland (4/03/2017). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman. Photo by
USGS PWRC. (
MBP list)
Bloodroot in Howard Co., Maryland (6/11/2017). Collected and processed by Helen Lowe Metzman. Photo by
USGS PWRC. (
MBP list)
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