Balsamorhiza macrophylla (cutleaf balsamroot) 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. It grows in sagebrush scrublands and conifer forests. It sometimes hybridizes with Balsamorhiza sagittata.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cutleaf balsamroot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Balsamorhiza hispidula
- Balsamorhiza macrolepis
- Balsamorhiza incana
- Balsamorhiza deltoidea
- Balsamorhiza careyana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Balsamorhiza
- Species
- Balsamorhiza macrophylla
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