Calflora Taxon Report
Sarcodes sanguinea Torr.
Snow plant, Snowplant
Sarcodes sanguinea is a perennial herb (mycoparasitic) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Alternate Names and Sources:
None
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Plant Range Plant Characteristics Location Suitability
Calflora Observations: ~1,266 records Add an Observation to Calflora Search for Sarcodes sanguinea
Name Status:
Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Calflora Category:
angiosperm
Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot (Jepson eFlora Taxon)
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot (USDA Plant Profile)
Communities:
Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest

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External links:
Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)
CalPhotos (UC Berkeley) iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape (CNPS)

Photo Essay: It's always exciting to find the deep red Snow Plant, sticking up out of snow or nestled in a bank of pine needles. This photo essay from PlantID.net shows its reproductive features in shots through a microscope. (link added by Bruce Homer-Smith)

Learn more about Sarcodes sanguinea with this Jepson video: Sarcodes sanguinea (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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