Balsamorhiza rosea

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Balsamorhiza rosea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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]

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References

  1. "Balsamorhiza rosea A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) via The Plant List.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Balsamorhiza rosea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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 (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 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