Balsamorhiza lanata

(W. M. Sharp) W. A. Weber

Phytologia 85: 20. 1999.

EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata W. M. Sharp Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 130. 1935
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 97. Mentioned on page 94.

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

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

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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William A. Weber +
(W. M. Sharp) W. A. Weber +
Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
700–1500 m +
Roadsides, grassy slopes +
Flowering Apr–May(–Jun). +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Balsamorhiza lanata +
Balsamorhiza subg. Balsamorhiza +
species +