The Life of a Sanguinaria Canadensis - 700 Words

The Life of a Sanguinaria Canadensis The Sanguinaria is a beautiful wildflower that can be found in many places throughout North America. This popular flower is a member of the poppy family, and is the only member of its genus, it falls under the flowering plants division, it is a part of the plants kingdom, it is in the class of dicotyledons, and it is also a perennial herb that is produced from an underground stem. Sanguinaria canadensis L. is the scientific name of this flower, and it is most commonly called a Bloodroot. Sometimes it is also known as the bloodwort, redroot, coon root, paucon, red paucon, sweet slumber, tetterwort, Indian plant, snakebite, turmeric, and black paste. The bloodroot can be found throughout the mid and†¦show more content†¦Flowers remain blooming when the sun is out for 1 or 2 days, being replaced by a seed capsule that grows large, and later splits open to release its seeds. The rhizomes that are found at the roots of these flowers, and the f oliage contain a reddish juice. Over time the plants often form vegetative colonies, these colonies self-pollinate to reproduce. The reproductive system of the bloodroot is one that contain several strategies. The bloodroot limits self-pollination, hoping that the pollinator landing on it will bring pollen from another to bloodroot to cross-pollinate them. This happens when the stigma which is the middle of the flower and the female reproductive organs becomes receptive before the anthers which are the male reproductive organs. This strategy puts a limit on the amount of times the same flower can come in contact with receptive stigma. The first few days when the flower is opening the antlers bends over towards the outside of the flower, distancing themselves from the receptive stigma. When its warm pollinators fly around and deposit pollen from one bloodroot onto the receptive stigma when visiting the flower. This is easily done by bloodroots because they pollinate when other flowers aren’t, which eliminates the chances for other competition with other flowers. This primary pollinator for the bloodroot are mining bees, collecting pollen from the underside of their bellies. Sweat bees feed on the