Arrowleaf Balsamroot

(Arrowleaf Balsamroot)
[(Pursh) Nutt.] Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Family Description: Aster (Sunflower) Key Characteristics: The entire plant has a due to a covering of a felt-like tomentum of short trichomes.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot's single flowers appear on a stalk above the arrowhead shaped leaves. Arrowleaf can be found scattered singly in open woods or in large patches in meadows.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot [English]: Balsamorhiza sagittata
Arrowleaf Buckwheat [English]: Eriogonum compositum
Arrowleaf Buckwheat [English]: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Arrowleaf Buckwheat [English]: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthum ...

Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. - arrowleaf balsamroot
Balsamorhiza hookeri Nutt. - Hooker's balsamroot
Related Flowers ...

See also: Balsa, Balsam