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Taproots

relatively slender, bark relatively thin, not corrugated;

rhizomes sometimes present (relatively short, deep-seated);

caudices seldom branched.

Basal leaves

blades mostly lanceolate, lance-elliptic, lance-ovate, linear-oblong, oblong, or ovate, often 1–2-pinnatifid or -pinnately lobed, sometimes cordate, ultimate margins usually crenate, dentate, or serrate, seldom entire.

Cauline leaves

mostly proximal to mid stems.

Petioles

mostly shorter than leaf blades.

Ray corollas

mostly yellow (becoming brick red and chartaceous in B. rosea).

Balsamorhiza subg. Balsamorhiza

Distribution
w North America
Discussion

Species 9 (9 in the flora).

Members of subg. Balsamorhiza usually inhabit shallow, rocky soils.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 96.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza
Subordinate taxa
Name authority unknown
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