Balsamorhiza hookeri | |
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Balsamorhiza hookeri in flower on Badger Mountain, Douglas County Washington | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Balsamorhiza |
Species: | B. hookeri
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Binomial name | |
Balsamorhiza hookeri | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hooker's balsamroot) is a North American species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the Great Basin and neighboring regions in the Western United States. [2] It is found in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. [3] [4] [5]
The leaves are compound pinnate, with the leaflet divisions also divided or deeply lobed. Basal leaves are hairy and may be up to 16 inches (41 cm) long. [2] There may be one to several stems, which are leafless and hairy, and topped by one flower each. [2] [6]
It blooms from April to July. Flower heads are 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 cm) wide, and sunflower-like, with 10–21 fringe-tipped ray flowers and numerous disc flowers. [2]
It grows to 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in dry, grassy meadows in sagebrush steppe and montane plant communities in the Great Basin. [2] Is it common at much lower elevations in central Washington State scablands.
It tends to grow in rockier habitats than its cousin, arrow-leaf balsamroot ( Balsamorhiza sagittata). [2] It hybridizes with arrow-leaf balsamroot, which has arrow shaped leaves. [2] The result is a plant with leaves that are arrow shaped, but also deeply divided. [2]
Balsamorhiza hookeri | |
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Balsamorhiza hookeri in flower on Badger Mountain, Douglas County Washington | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Balsamorhiza |
Species: | B. hookeri
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Binomial name | |
Balsamorhiza hookeri | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hooker's balsamroot) is a North American species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the Great Basin and neighboring regions in the Western United States. [2] It is found in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. [3] [4] [5]
The leaves are compound pinnate, with the leaflet divisions also divided or deeply lobed. Basal leaves are hairy and may be up to 16 inches (41 cm) long. [2] There may be one to several stems, which are leafless and hairy, and topped by one flower each. [2] [6]
It blooms from April to July. Flower heads are 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 cm) wide, and sunflower-like, with 10–21 fringe-tipped ray flowers and numerous disc flowers. [2]
It grows to 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in dry, grassy meadows in sagebrush steppe and montane plant communities in the Great Basin. [2] Is it common at much lower elevations in central Washington State scablands.
It tends to grow in rockier habitats than its cousin, arrow-leaf balsamroot ( Balsamorhiza sagittata). [2] It hybridizes with arrow-leaf balsamroot, which has arrow shaped leaves. [2] The result is a plant with leaves that are arrow shaped, but also deeply divided. [2]