Balsamorhiza incana

Balsamorhiza incana
	Some babies from last year including Keckiella antirrhinoides, Balsamorrhiza incana and Zephyranthes atamasco. The bigger plant is Physochlaina orientalis.
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
	Balsamorhiza hookeri var. incana (Nutt.) A.Gray ;

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

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.
^ "Balsamorhiza incana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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). 21. New York and Oxford – 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.

[2] "Balsamorhiza incana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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). 21. New York and Oxford – 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

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