Balsamorhiza careyana A.Gray

Carey's balsamroot (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Balsamorhiza

Characteristics

Plants (15–)20–60 cm. Basal leaves: blades green, rounded-deltate or deltate to triangular-deltate, 15–25 × 6–15 cm, bases cordate or hastate to truncate, margins usually entire, sometimes crenate (to dentate near bases), apices acute to attenuate, faces finely hispidulous to hirtellous (gland-dotted as well). Heads usually (2–)3+, sometimes borne singly. Involucres hemispheric to turbinate or campanulate, 12–20 mm diam. Outer phyllaries oblong to lanceolate or linear, 15–25 mm, usually surpassing inner, apices acute to attenuate. Ray laminae 20–30(–40) mm (cypselae strigose or glabrous). 2n = 38.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.7
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.0
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mountainous places.
Light 5-7
Soil humidity 2-4
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 6-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Balsamorhiza careyana leaf picture by Ethan Greer (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Balsamorhiza careyana flower picture by Ethan Greer (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Balsamorhiza careyana world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184055-1
WFO ID wfo-0000022706
COL ID KHZQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Balsamorhiza careyana Balsamorhiza careyana var. careyana

Lower taxons

Balsamorhiza careyana var. intermedia