Biology:Balsamorhiza hispidula

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Balsamorhiza hispidula
Balsamorhiza hispidula 2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Balsamorhiza
Species:
B. hispidula
Binomial name
Balsamorhiza hispidula
W.M.Sharp
Synonyms[1]
  • Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hispidula Cronquist

Balsamorhiza hispidula is a North American species of plants in the sunflower tribe within the aster family. It is native to western United States , primarily the Great Basin and other dry, relatively flat terrain. It has been found in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona.[2]

Balsamorhiza hispidula is an herb up to 40 cm (16 inches) tall. It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.[3][4]

References

  1. "Balsamorhiza hispidula W.M.Sharp". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-35839. 
  2. "Balsamorhiza hispidula", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Balsamorhiza%20hispidula.png 
  3. Weber, William A. (2006), "Balsamorhiza hispidula", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 21, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066206 
  4. Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 137–138

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15592170 entry