Balsamorhiza deltoidea |
Balsamorhiza incana |
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deltoid balsam root, Puget balsamroot |
hoary balsamroot, woolly balsamroot |
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Habit | Plants 20–90 cm. | Plants 20–35(–70) cm. |
Basal leaves | blades green, deltate or rounded-deltate to triangular-deltate, 10–25+ × 7–15(–20) cm, bases cordate to sagittate, margins usually crenate to dentate (at least near bases), sometimes entire, apices acute, faces usually sparsely hirtellous to hispidulous, sometimes glabrous (usually gland-dotted, sometimes vernicose). |
blades white to grayish, lance-ovate to oblong, 10–45 × 3–7(–10) cm (1-pinnatifid, lobes ovate to lanceolate, 20–50 × 5–25 mm), bases broadly cuneate to truncate, margins entire or serrate (plane, not distinctly ciliate), apices obtuse, faces usually densely, sometimes sparsely, tomentose. |
Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric 15–30+ mm diam. |
hemispheric, 20–25(–30) mm. |
Ray laminae | 20–50 mm. |
20–40(–50+) mm. |
Outer phyllaries | oblong to lanceolate or lance-linear, (12–)30–40(–60) mm, usually much surpassing inner, apices acute. |
ovate to lanceolate or linear, 15–20 mm, shorter than inner, apices acute to attenuate (margins ± ciliate). |
Heads | usually borne singly, sometimes 2+. |
usually borne singly. |
2n | = 38. |
= 38. |
Balsamorhiza deltoidea |
Balsamorhiza incana |
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Phenology | Flowering (Mar–)Apr–Jun(–Jul). | Flowering May–Jun(–Jul). |
Habitat | Open hillsides, openings in chaparral or forests | Grassy meadows, dry, rocky sites, openings in conifer forests |
Elevation | 60–1800(–2400) m (200–5900(–7900) ft) | 1200–2800 m (3900–9200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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ID; MT; OR; WA; WY
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Discussion | Balsamorhiza deltoidea varies in the crenation of the leaf margins. The variability may stem from an old hybridization with B. hookeri or other species of Balsamorhiza. Otherwise, B. deltoidea shows little significant variability except where it hybridizes with B. careyana in the narrows of the Columbia River Gorge. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Balsamorhiza incana hybridizes with B. sagittata. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 95. | FNA vol. 21, p. 96. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Artorhiza | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Balsamorhiza |
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Synonyms | B. glabrescens | |
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 351. (1840) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 350. (1840) |
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