Balsamorhiza macrophylla (cutleaf balsamroot)[2] is a North American species of plants in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the northwestern United States, in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Oregon.[3] It grows in sagebrush scrublands and conifer forests.[1] It sometimes hybridizes with Balsamorhiza sagittata.[4]
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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. macrophylla
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B. macrophylla grows up to 100 centimetres (39 in) tall,[1] with leaves reaching 60 cm (24 in).[4] It has yellow flower heads about 8–10 cm (3–4 in) in diameter,[4] usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Weber, William A. (2006). "Balsamorhiza macrophylla". 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.
- ^ NRCS. "Balsamorhiza macrophylla". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Balsamorhiza macrophylla". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ a b c Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 148. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
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