Balsamorhiza rosea

Balsamorhiza rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Balsamorhiza
Species: B. rosea
Binomial name
Balsamorhiza rosea
A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Balsamorhiza hookeri var. rosea (A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.) W.M.Sharp

Balsamorhiza rosea (rosy 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 Washington and Oregon.[3]

Balsamorhiza rosea is an herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It has flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets. Ray florets are yellow at flowering time but turn red as they age. The species grows on dry hillsides.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Balsamorhiza rosea A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  2. ↑ "Balsamorhiza rosea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Balsamorhiza rosea". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  4. ↑ Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza rosea". 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. ↑ Nelson, Aven & Macbride, James Francis 1913. Botanical Gazette 56(6): 478–479


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