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§1 Plant — species · Asteraceae
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.
vernacular arrowleaf balsamroot
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Balsamorhiza
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 8–25 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.5–8
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 58,438
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 31 of 56 Montana counties.
Native · 31 counties
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BASA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10818007 ↗Record version
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