Blood root is named for the colour that your fingers will turn if you touch the exposed flesh of this plant's rhizome. It appears and blooms before any of the deciduous trees that this plant lives under can leaf out and block the sun. I love this little plant; its tiny, delicate bloom and heavily veined, curled leaves that curve around each stem like a shawl. A group of blood root is called a colony.
Bees, hornets and ants seem strongly attracted to the scent of the blooms.
The colony:
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