Balsamorhiza rosea

Balsamorhiza rosea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. ^ "Balsamorhiza rosea A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ NRCS. "Balsamorhiza rosea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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 (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – 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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