Balsamorhiza careyana |
Balsamorhiza subg. Artorhiza |
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Carey's balsamroot |
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Habit | Plants (15–)20–60 cm. | |
Taproots | relatively massive; bark relatively thick, corrugated; rhizomes none; caudices usually multi-branched. |
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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). |
blades mostly rounded-deltate or deltate to triangular-deltate, bases sagittate or cordate to truncate, margins usually entire, sometimes crenate. |
Cauline leaves | usually at mid stems. |
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Petioles | mostly longer than leaf blades. |
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Involucres | hemispheric to turbinate or campanulate, 12–20 mm diam. |
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Ray corollas | yellow. |
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Ray laminae | 20–30(–40) mm (cypselae strigose or glabrous). |
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Outer phyllaries | oblong to lanceolate or linear, 15–25 mm, usually surpassing inner, apices acute to attenuate. |
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Heads | usually (2–)3+, sometimes borne singly. |
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2n | = 38. |
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Balsamorhiza careyana |
Balsamorhiza subg. Artorhiza |
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Phenology | Flowering (Mar–)May–Jun(–Jul). | |
Habitat | Dry scablands, semi-desert soils, openings in pine forests | |
Elevation | 500–1000 m (1600–3300 ft) | |
Distribution |
OR; WA
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w North America |
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.) |
Species 3 (3 in the flora). Members of subg. Artorhiza inhabit relatively deep, well-developed soils, flower only after at least 4–5 years, and attain ages of possibly 50 years. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 95. | FNA vol. 21, p. 94. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Artorhiza | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza |
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Synonyms | B. careyana var. intermedia | B. unranked Artorhiza, B. section Artorhiza |
Name authority | A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 81. (1849) | (Nuttall) W. M. Sharp: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 115. (1935) |
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