Balsamorhiza lanata

Plants 10–20(–30) cm. Basal leaves: blades white to grayish, lanceolate to linear-oblong, 10–20 × 3–6(–8) cm (1–2-pinnatifid, primary lobes lance-linear to oblong, mostly 5–40 × 1–10 mm, secondary lobes or teeth antrorse, divergent), bases cuneate to truncate, ultimate margins mostly entire (± revolute), apices rounded to acute, faces densely lanate-tomentose to villous. Heads borne singly. Involucres ± hemispheric, 12–20 mm diam. Outer phyllaries lanceolate to linear, 10–20 mm, sometimes surpassing inner, apices acute to attenuate. Ray laminae (10–)15–20 mm (abaxially puberulent or glabrous).

Phenology: Flowering Apr–May(–Jun).
Habitat: Roadsides, grassy slopes
Elevation: 700–1500 m

Distribution

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Calif., Oreg.

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Balsamorhiza lanata is known from a relatively restricted area in northern California and southern Oregon. No hybrids between it and other species have been noted.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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