Balsamorhiza rosea (rosy 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 Washington and Oregon.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Balsamorhiza |
| Species: | B. rosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Balsamorhiza rosea A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
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Balsamorhiza rosea is an herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It has flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets. Ray florets are yellow at flowering time but turn red as they age. The species grows on dry hillsides.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Balsamorhiza rosea A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ NRCS. "Balsamorhiza rosea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Balsamorhiza rosea". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza rosea". 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.
- ^ Nelson, Aven & Macbride, James Francis 1913. Botanical Gazette 56(6): 478–479
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