
Balsamorhiza sagittata - Wikipedia
Balsamorhiza sagittata is a North American species of flowering plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae known by the common name arrowleaf balsamroot. Also sometimes called Oregon sunflower, [2][3] it is widespread across western Canada and much of …
Arrowleaf Balsamroot - US Forest Service
Arrowleaf balsamroot, a plant of the Asteraceae (sunflower family) is fairly common in cold, dry areas of the West from Colorado, west to the Sierra Nevada, and into Canada. It may be found most abundant in mountain fields, but can also be a common plant in …
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Arrowleaf Balsamroot) - Gardenia
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Arrowleaf Balsamroot) is a long-lived perennial forming a basal rosette of arrowhead-shaped, silvery white to green leaves, 2-18 in. long (5-45 cm). From late spring to mid-summer, several flower stems, clad with smaller and linear to …
Arrowleaf balsamroot is a long-lived perennial forb native to western North America. The sagittate (arrowhead shaped) leaves are mostly all basal and petiolate, 5 to 45 cm (2 to 18 in) long and 1.5 to 15 cm (0.6 to 6 in) wide. Upper stem leaves are smaller and linear to elliptic. The leaves are silvery white to green.
Balsamorhiza sagittata | Arrowleaf Balsamroot | Wildflowers of …
Leaves widely triangular, with heart-shaped base, 8–24 in., entire, pale olive-green, velvety on both sides. Soon after bloom time, leaves become hairless, twisted, papery. Flower stem 1–3 ft. tall, leafless, holds single 4 in. flower above usually woolly bracts.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot - KNPS
2024年1月30日 · Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) appears in spring or early summer as a spectacular splash of bright yellow dotting sunny meadows and open forest understories. Also known as Oregon sunflower or spring sunflower, this member of the sunflower family is common in mid-elevation parts of the Northwestern United States and western Canada.
Balsamorhiza sagittata - US Forest Service
Basal leaves are cordate to sagittate in outline with entire margins and wooly pubescence. They arise from a branched, underground caudex to form dense rosettes. Flowerheads are sunflower-like with strap-shaped ray flowers 1 to 2 inches (2.5-5 cm) long and tubular disc flowers [113].
Arrow-leaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) is easily recognized by its large, showy, yellow flowers that often color dry hillsides a golden-yellow starting in early May. Considered a long-lived, cool season plant and member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), it grows in clumps to a height of two and a half feet.
Nature's Notebook: Arrowleaf Balsamroot - USA-NPN
Balsamorhiza sagittata is a multi-stemmed, perennial, erect, forb or herb that can reach 2 feet in height. Arrowleaf balsamroot has a woody taproot that can reach 8 feet in depth. Leaves are large, silvery-gray, hairy, and shaped like an arrowhead. Flowers are yellow and look like a …
Arrowleaf balsamroot is most common in upland rangeland shrubland types dominated by antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), basin big sagebrush (A. tridentata subsp. tridentata), Wyoming big sagebrush (A. t. subsp. wyomingensis), and mountain big sagebrush (A. t. subsp. vaseyana) (Shiflet 1994).