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|accepted_name=Balsamorhiza sagittata
|accepted_authority=(Pursh) Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|place=7: 350. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Buphthalmum sagittatum
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication_place=2: 564. 1813
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Balsamorhiza helianthoides
|authority=(Nuttall) Nuttall
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Espeletia helianthoides
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Espeletia sagittata
|authority=(Pursh) Nuttall
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Balsamorhiza;Balsamorhiza subg. Artorhiza;Balsamorhiza sagittata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Balsamorhiza]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Balsamorhiza subg. Artorhiza]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Balsamorhiza sagittata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 93, 97, 98
|treatment_page=page 95
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(15–)20–40(–65) cm. <b>Basal</b> 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. <b>Heads</b> usually borne singly, sometimes 2–3+. <b>Involucres</b> hemispheric to turbinate, 12–25 mm diam. <b>Outer</b> phyllaries lanceolate to oblanceolate or linear, (15–)20–25(–30+) mm, equaling or surpassing inner, apices acute to acuminate. <b>Ray</b> laminae 20–40 mm. <b>2n</b> = 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Apr–)May–Jun(–Jul).
|habitat=Openings, banks, flats, meadows, ridges, sagebrush scrub, conifer forests
|elevation=(100–)900–2500(–3000) m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;S.Dak. ;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Balsamorhiza sagittata</i> grows east of the Cascade-Sierra axis to the Rocky Mountains and Black Hills. It is one of the more spectacular of all spring-flowering plants in the northwestern United States. Hybrids occur along lines of contact between <i>B. sagittata</i> and almost all species of sect. <i>Balsamorhiza</i> except <i>B. macrophylla</i> (a high polyploid).</p>
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name=Balsamorhiza sagittata
|authority=(Pursh) Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Balsamorhiza helianthoides;Espeletia helianthoides;Espeletia sagittata
|basionyms=Buphthalmum sagittatum
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Apr–)May–Jun(–Jul).
|habitat=Openings, banks, flats, meadows, ridges, sagebrush scrub, conifer forests
|elevation=(100–)900–2500(–3000) m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;S.Dak. ;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|publication year=1840
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_219.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Balsamorhiza
|subgenus=Balsamorhiza subg. Artorhiza
|species=Balsamorhiza sagittata
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