Sanguinaria canadensis L. belongs to the Papaveraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Papaveraceae
Genus
Sanguinaria
Specific Epithet
canadensis
Authorship
L.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 20.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.0
Global rank
#14,918 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
United States, North Carolina, Buncombe
35.499444, -82.593889
Location Remarks
Intersection of Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) and NC route 191 near French Broad River; forest along access road on SW side of its intersection with BRP. Mixed deciduous forest. 633 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph