Balsamorhiza lanata
| Balsamorhiza lanata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Balsamorhiza |
| Species: | B. lanata |
| Binomial name | |
| Balsamorhiza lanata (W.M.Sharp) W.A.Weber [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Balsamorhiza lanata, with the common namelanate balsamroot, is a species of plant in the sunflower tribe of the aster family native to California. [1] [3]
Distribution
The plant is endemic to Northern California. [1] It is only found within Siskiyou County, in the Scott Mountains of the Klamath Range, and the Shasta Valley Mountains of the southern Cascade Range. [1][4]
The species grows on grassy areas on hillsides and road embankments[4][5]
Description
Balsamorhiza lanata is an herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves are covered with dense hairs resembling wool, so they look white.
It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.
References
- 1 2 3 4 University of California; Calflora taxon report: Balsamorhiza lanata − woolly balsamroot; (W.M. Sharp) W.A. Weber
- ↑ The Plant List, Balsamorhiza lanata (W.M.Sharp) W.A.Weber
- ↑ "Balsamorhiza lanata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Balsamorhiza lanata
- ↑ Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 130–131 as Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata
External links
- Calflora Database: Balsamorhiza lanata (Woolly balsamroot)
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80705 Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of
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