ARROW-LEAVED BALSAM-ROOT

Class: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Spring Sunflower

Colour: Yellow

Height: 20-80 cm (8-32")

Each Flower: Up to 10 cm (4") across with up to 25 pointed ray-petals; pale orange disk becoming brownish with age; downy bracts on involucre in two layers, inner ones short and narrow, outer ones broader and longer standing out like frill

Leaves: Mostly basal with long stalks and large arrowhead-shaped, silver-green blades, up to 30 cm (12") long and 15 cm (6") broad and untoothed

Stems: Unbranched, usually with a few small leaves

Blooming Period: April - July

Habitat: Drier, open sloped and sagebrush flats from low to moderate elevations

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