Balsamorhiza incana

Balsamorhiza incana
	Balsamorhiza incana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Balsamorhiza
Species:	B. incana
Binomial name
	Balsamorhiza incana; Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
	Balsamorhiza hookeri var. incana (Nutt.) A.Gray ;

Balsamorhiza incana (hoary balsamroot)[2] is a North American species of plants in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. It is native to the northwestern United States, in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, and Oregon.[3]

Some babies from last year including Keckiella antirrhinoides, Balsamorrhiza incana and Zephyranthes atamasco. The bigger plant is Physochlaina orientalis.

Balsamorhiza incana is an herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets. It grows in grassy and rocky sites, often in conifer forests.[4][5]

References

"Balsamorhiza incana Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Balsamorhiza incana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
"Balsamorhiza hispidula". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza hispidula". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 137–138

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[1] "Balsamorhiza incana Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Balsamorhiza incana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[3] "Balsamorhiza hispidula". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[4] Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza hispidula". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[5] Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 137–138