Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.

synonym: Lithospermum caroliniense.

Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant.

synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort.

Polish: sangwinaria kanadyjska, krwiowiec kanadyjski