Balsamorhiza careyana |
Balsamorhiza hispidula |
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Carey's balsamroot |
hairy balsamroot, hispid balsamroot |
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Habit | Plants (15–)20–60 cm. | Plants 6–40 cm. |
Leaves | blades bright green, narrowly lance-elliptic to lanceolate, (6–)15–25(–40) × (3–)5–9+ cm (1–2-pinnatifid, primary lobes lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–45 × 2–15 mm, secondary lobes usually divergent, antrorse), bases ± cuneate, ultimate margins usually entire (± revolute and/or thickened, often ciliate), apices acute to attenuate, faces ± hispidulous to hirtellous (gland-dotted as well; veins ± scabrous). |
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Basal leaves | blades green, rounded-deltate or deltate to triangular-deltate, 15–25 × 6–15 cm, bases cordate or hastate to truncate, margins usually entire, sometimes crenate (to dentate near bases), apices acute to attenuate, faces finely hispidulous to hirtellous (gland-dotted as well). |
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Involucres | hemispheric to turbinate or campanulate, 12–20 mm diam. |
campanulate to hemispheric 10–25 mm diam. |
Ray laminae | 20–30(–40) mm (cypselae strigose or glabrous). |
15–40 mm (abaxially glabrous). |
Outer phyllaries | oblong to lanceolate or linear, 15–25 mm, usually surpassing inner, apices acute to attenuate. |
lanceolate to linear, 12–20 mm, not surpassing inner, apices acute to attenuate (margins often ciliate). |
Heads | usually (2–)3+, sometimes borne singly. |
borne singly. |
2n | = 38. |
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Balsamorhiza careyana |
Balsamorhiza hispidula |
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Phenology | Flowering (Mar–)May–Jun(–Jul). | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Dry scablands, semi-desert soils, openings in pine forests | Basalt scablands and desert-steppe areas, juniper and sagebrush scrublands |
Elevation | 500–1000 m (1600–3300 ft) | 1800–2500 m (5900–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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AZ; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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Discussion | Hybrids involving Balsamorhiza careyana and B. deltoidea occur near the Columbia River Gorge; intermediates are found to the east and south. In northern Oregon, plants in some populations have glabrous cypselae and some populations are mixed. The hairiness may come from B. rosea; B. rosea and B. careyana may hybridize profusely, producing mostly plants with the stature of B. careyana and with the relatively short, brick-red ray corollas of B. rosea. Hybridization also occurs, occasionally, between B. careyana and B. sagittata; B. careyana also hybridizes with any species of sect. Balsamorhiza with which it comes in contact. Plants called Balsamorhiza careyana var. intermedia usually have crenate leaf margins and glabrous cypselae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Distribution of Balsamorhiza hispidula is highly disrupted in the southern part of its range. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 95. | FNA vol. 21, p. 98. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Artorhiza | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Balsamorhiza |
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Synonyms | B. careyana var. intermedia | B. hookeri var. hispidula |
Name authority | A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 81. (1849) | W. M. Sharp: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 137, fig. 3, plate 5. (1935) |
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