Balsamorhiza hookeri, photographed in the Wasatch foothills, Provo, Utah.
Description
The leaves are compound pinnate, with the leaflet divisions also divided or deeply lobed. Basal leaves are hairy and may be up to 16 inches (41cm) long.[2]
There may be one to several stems, which are leafless and hairy, and topped by one flower each.[2][6]
It blooms from April to July. Flower heads are 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6cm) wide, and sunflower-like, with 10–21 fringe-tipped ray flowers and numerous disc flowers.[2]
Distribution and habitat
It grows to 9,000 feet (2,700m) in dry, grassy meadows in sagebrush steppe and montane plant communities in the Great Basin.[2]
Ecology
It tends to grow in rockier habitats than its cousin, arrow-leaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata).[2] It hybridizes with arrow-leaf balsamroot, which has arrow shaped leaves.[2] The result is a plant with leaves that are arrow shaped, but also deeply divided.[2]
Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza hookeri". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol.21. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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