Balsamorhiza hookeri in flower on Badger Mountain, Douglas County Washington
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Balsamorhiza
Species:
B. hookeri
Binomial name
Balsamorhiza hookeri
(Pursh) Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
Balsamorhiza balsamorhiza (Hook.) A.Heller
Balsamorhiza hirsuta Nutt.
Balsamorhiza platylepis W.M.Sharp
Heliopsis balsamorhiza Hook.
Balsamorhiza hookeri, photographed in the Wasatch foothills, Provo, Utah.
Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hooker's balsamroot) is a North American species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the Great Basin and neighboring regions in the Western United States.[2] It is found in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.[3][4][5]
^"Balsamorhiza hookeri (Hook.) Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, Morris Book Publishing LLC., ISBN 0-7627-3805-7. p. 115.
^"Balsamorhiza hookeri". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^"Balsamorhiza hookeri". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
^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: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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