Balsamorhiza hispidula |
Balsamorhiza deltoidea |
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hairy balsamroot, hispid balsamroot |
deltoid balsam root, Puget balsamroot |
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Habit | Plants 6–40 cm. | Plants 20–90 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, 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). |
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Involucres | campanulate to hemispheric 10–25 mm diam. |
campanulate to hemispheric 15–30+ mm diam. |
Ray laminae | 15–40 mm (abaxially glabrous). |
20–50 mm. |
Outer phyllaries | lanceolate to linear, 12–20 mm, not surpassing inner, apices acute to attenuate (margins often ciliate). |
oblong to lanceolate or lance-linear, (12–)30–40(–60) mm, usually much surpassing inner, apices acute. |
Heads | borne singly. |
usually borne singly, sometimes 2+. |
2n | = 38. |
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Balsamorhiza hispidula |
Balsamorhiza deltoidea |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering (Mar–)Apr–Jun(–Jul). |
Habitat | Basalt scablands and desert-steppe areas, juniper and sagebrush scrublands | Open hillsides, openings in chaparral or forests |
Elevation | 1800–2500 m (5900–8200 ft) | 60–1800(–2400) m (200–5900(–7900) ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Distribution of Balsamorhiza hispidula is highly disrupted in the southern part of its range. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 98. | FNA vol. 21, p. 95. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Balsamorhiza | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Balsamorhiza > subg. Artorhiza |
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Synonyms | B. hookeri var. hispidula | B. glabrescens |
Name authority | W. M. Sharp: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 137, fig. 3, plate 5. (1935) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 351. (1840) |
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