Hoary Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza incana hybridizes with B. sagittata.

Plants 20–35(–70) cm. Basal leaves: blades white to grayish, lance-ovate to oblong, 10–45 × 3–7(–10) cm (1-pinnatifid, lobes ovate to lanceolate, 20–50 × 5–25 mm), bases broadly cuneate to truncate, margins entire or serrate (plane, not distinctly ciliate), apices obtuse, faces usually densely, sometimes sparsely, tomentose. Heads usually borne singly. Involucres hemispheric, 20–25(–30) mm. Outer phyllaries ovate to lanceolate or linear, 15–20 mm, shorter than inner, apices acute to attenuate (margins ± ciliate). Ray laminae 20–40(–50+) mm. 2n = 38.

Some babies from last year including Keckiella antirrhinoides, Balsamorrhiza incana and Zephyranthes atamasco. The bigger plant is Physochlaina orientalis.

Balsamorhiza incana (hoary balsamroot) is a North American species of plants in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. It is native to the northwestern United States, in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, and Oregon.

Balsamorhiza incana is an herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has yellow flower heads, usually borne one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets. It grows in grassy and rocky sites, often in conifer forests.