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balsamroot

deltoid balsamroot, Puget balsamroot

Habit Perennial herb from a large taproot.
Leaves

All basal; large with triangular or cordate base, sparsely hairy.

Flowers

Large, yellow sunflower-like heads with slightly hairy involucres.

Fruits

Achene glabrous.

Balsamorhiza

Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Identification notes Similar to B. sagitatta, but differs in being less densely pubescent, with the herbage and involucre green rather than grayish.
Flowering time March-July
Habitat Prairies, open slopes, and forest edge at low elevations.
Distribution
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Review Group 2 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
B. ×bonseri, B. careyana, B. careyana × B. hookeri, B. hookeri, B. hookeri × B. sagittata, B. incana, B. rosea, B. sagittata, B. serrata, B. ×terebinthacea, B. ×tomentosa
Subordinate taxa
B. ×bonseri, B. careyana, B. careyana × B. hookeri, B. deltoidea, B. hookeri, B. hookeri × B. sagittata, B. incana, B. rosea, B. sagittata, B. serrata, B. ×terebinthacea, B. ×tomentosa
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