Lachnanthes caroliniana
Name: Lachnantes tinctoria.
DD: Magnesium, Phosphorus, Cuprum.
Genus: 1 species.
Synonyms: Heritiera.
English: Carolina redroot; Bloodroot; Carolina Bloodroot.
Region: North America.
Botany: herb; habitat wet, acidic, sandy soils, bogs, pinelands, hammocks, pocosins; roots and rhizomes red; flowers, pale yellow tepals, from mid to late summer.