Arrowleaf balsamroot

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Balsamorhiza sagittata

Arrowleaf balsamroot, a reference photo
Photo: Thayne Tuason · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Balsamorhiza sagittata is a North American species of flowering plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae known by the common name arrowleaf balsamroot. Also sometimes called Oregon sunflower or Okanagan Sunflower, it is widespread across western Canada and much of the western United States.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Arrowleaf 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Species
Balsamorhiza sagittata

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