Balsamorhiza incana

Balsamorhiza incana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Balsamorhiza
Species: B. incana
Binomial name
Balsamorhiza incana
Synonyms[1]
  • Balsamorhiza hookeri var. incana (Nutt.) A.Gray

Balsamorhiza incana (hoary balsamroot)[2] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower tribe within the aster family. It is native to the northwestern United States, in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, and Oregon.[3]

Balsamorhiza incana is an herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets. It grows in grassy and rocky sites, often in conifer forests.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Balsamorhiza incana Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  2. ↑ "Balsamorhiza incana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Balsamorhiza hispidula". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  4. ↑ Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza hispidula". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 21. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ↑ Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 137–138


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