Biology:Balsamorhiza serrata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Balsamorhiza |
| Species: | B. serrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Balsamorhiza serrata Nutt.
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Balsamorhiza serrata (serrate balsamroot)[1] is a North American species of plants in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae.
Distribution and habitat
The plant is native to the Western United States, including the Great Basin region.
It has been found in Washington (state) , Oregon, northern Nevada, and the Modoc Plateau in Modoc County of northeastern California .[2][3] It grows in dry, rocky knolls and rock outcrops.[4]
Description
Balsamorhiza serrata is an herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves have teeth along the edges, hence the name "serrata."
It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Balsamorhiza serrata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BASE2. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Balsamorhiza serrata", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Balsamorhiza%20serrata.png
- ↑ "Balsamorhiza serrata", Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria, Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database, https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Balsamorhiza+serrata
- ↑ "Burke Herbarium Image Collection". https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Balsamorhiza%20serrata.
- ↑ Weber, William A. (2006), "Balsamorhiza serrata", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 21, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066217
- ↑ Nelson, Aven & Macbride, James Francis 1913. Botanical Gazette 56(6): 479
Wikidata ☰ Q15590691 entry
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