Biology:Balsamorhiza macrophylla

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Balsamorhiza macrophylla
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Balsamorhiza
Species:
B. macrophylla
Binomial name
Balsamorhiza macrophylla
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Balsamorhiza macrophylla var. idahoensis W.M.Sharp
  • Balsamorhiza hookeri Nuttall var. idahoensis (W.M.Sharp) Cronquist

Balsamorhiza macrophylla (cutleaf balsamroot)[2] is a North American species of plants in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the northwestern United States , in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Oregon.[3] It grows in sagebrush scrublands and conifer forests.[1] It sometimes hybridizes with Balsamorhiza sagittata.[4]

B. macrophylla grows up to 100 centimetres (39 in) tall,[1] with leaves reaching 60 cm (24 in).[4] It has yellow flower heads about 8–10 cm (3–4 in) in diameter,[4] usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weber, William A. (2006), "Balsamorhiza macrophylla", 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=250066213 
  2. "Balsamorhiza macrophylla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BAMA4. Retrieved 28 May 2015. 
  3. "Balsamorhiza macrophylla", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Balsamorhiza%20macrophylla.png 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) (in en). Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 148. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726. 

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