Biology:Balsamorhiza lanata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Balsamorhiza lanata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Balsamorhiza |
| Species: | B. lanata
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| Binomial name | |
| Balsamorhiza lanata (W.M.Sharp) W.A.Weber[2]
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Balsamorhiza lanata, with the common name lanate balsamroot, is a species of plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae native to California .[2][4]
Distribution
The plant is endemic to Northern California .[2] 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.[2][5]
The species grows on grassy areas on hillsides and road embankments[5][6]
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
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Balsamorhiza lanata". NatureServe. 2022-05-30. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139276.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Balsamorhiza lanata", Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria, Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database, https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Balsamorhiza+lanata
- ↑ "Balsamorhiza lanata Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-127262.
- ↑ "Balsamorhiza lanata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BALA8. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Weber, William A. (2006), "Balsamorhiza lanata", 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=250066211
- ↑ Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 130–131 as Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15590449 entry
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