WorldFloraDB - Balsamorhiza sagittata

Characteristics

Plants (15–)20–40(–65) cm. Basal leaves: blades ± silvery to white or gray-green, rounded-deltate or deltate to triangular-deltate, 5–25 × 3–15 cm, bases ± cordate, margins entire, apices acute to attenuate, faces sericeous, tomentose, tomentulose, or velutinous (at least abaxially, usually gland-dotted as well), sometimes glabrescent. Heads usually borne singly, sometimes 2–3+. Involucres hemispheric to turbinate, 12–25 mm diam. Outer phyllaries lanceolate to oblance-olate or linear, (15–)20–25(–30+) mm, equaling or surpassing inner, apices acute to acuminate. Ray laminae 20–40 mm. 2n = 38.

More

A herb. It grows in clumps. It grows 20-60 cm high and spreads 30-45 cm wide. There is a ring of leaves at the base. These are coarse and arrow shaped. They are 30 cm long. They are downy above and white and woolly underneath. The flowers are daisy like. They have deep yellow centres and paler on the outside. They occur singly at the end of long stalks. They are 5-7.5 cm across. The fruit is a dry achene.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.3 - 0.45

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.5

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

1.4

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Open hillsides and flat land up to moderate elevations, especially on deep soils. Openings, banks, flats, meadows, ridges, sagebrush scrub, conifer forests; at elevations from 900-2,500 metres.

More

It is a temperate plant. It grows on dry prairie hillsides. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The roots are cooked and eaten. They are also eaten raw. They can be used as a coffee substitute. The seeds are roasted and pounded and eaten. They are also used as flour for breadmaking and to thicken soups. The young shoots and leaves are eaten in salads or used as a potherb. The young immature flower stalks are peeled and eaten.

Uses	beverage coffee substitute incense medicinal potherb
Edible	flowers leaves roots seeds shoots stems
Therapeutic use	Analgesic (leaf), Cold Remedy (leaf), Gastrointestinal Aid (leaf), Burn Dressing (leaf), Diaphoretic (leaf), Dermatological Aid (leaf), Antirheumatic (Internal) (root), Dermatological Aid (root), Analgesic (root), Cold Remedy (root), Febrifuge (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Oral Aid (root), Panacea (root), Throat Aid (root), Toothache (root), Cathartic (root), Pulmonary Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Urinary Aid (root), Diaphoretic (root), Disinfectant (root), Venereal Aid (root), Eye Medicine (root), Dietary Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (sap), Antidiarrheal (seed), Sedative (shoot), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Analgesic (unspecified), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Pertussis (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°)	16 - 20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-29
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-