Taproots relatively slender, bark relatively thin, not corrugated; rhizomes sometimes present (relatively short, deep-seated); caudices seldom branched. Petioles mostly shorter than leaf blades. Basal leaves: blades mostly lanceolate, lance-elliptic, lance-ovate, linear-oblong, oblong, or ovate, often 1–2-pinnatifid or -pinnately lobed, sometimes cordate, ultimate margins usually crenate, dentate, or serrate, seldom entire. Cauline leaves mostly proximal to mid stems. Ray corollas mostly yellow (becoming brick red and chartaceous in B. rosea).

Distribution

w North America.

Discussion

Species 9 (9 in the flora).

Members of subg. Balsamorhiza usually inhabit shallow, rocky soils.

Selected References

None.

William A. Weber +
Hooker ex Nuttall +
w North America. +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Balsamorhiza subg. Balsamorhiza +
Balsamorhiza +
subgenus +