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Balsamorhiza lanata

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Species of flowering plant

Balsamorhiza lanata
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Balsamorhiza
Species: B. lanata
Binomial name
Balsamorhiza lanata
(W.M.Sharp) W.A.Weber
Synonyms
  • Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata W.M.Sharp

Balsamorhiza lanata, with the common name lanate balsamroot, is a species of plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae native to California.

Distribution

The plant is endemic to Northern California. It is only found within Siskiyou County, in the Scott Mountains of the Klamath Range, and the Shasta Valley Mountains of the southern Cascade Range.

The species grows on grassy areas on hillsides and road embankments

Description

Balsamorhiza lanata is an herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves are covered with dense hairs resembling wool, so they look white.

It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Balsamorhiza lanata". NatureServe Explorer Balsamorhiza lanata. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Balsamorhiza lanata". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
  3. "Balsamorhiza lanata Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  4. NRCS. "Balsamorhiza lanata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ^ Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza lanata". 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.
  6. Sharp, Ward McClintic 1935. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22(1): 130–131 as Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata

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Taxon identifiers
Balsamorhiza lanata
Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata


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