Taxon: Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.

Common names:

• arrowleaf balsamroot   (Source: F Utah ed2 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [w.], British Columbia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - South Dakota [w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.], California [n. & c.], Nevada, Utah

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer. 1983. Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta)
• Peacock, S. L. 2008. From complex to simple: balsamroot, inulin, and the chemistry of traditional interior Salish pi-cooking technology. Canad. J. Bot. 86:116–128.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Balsamorhiza sagittata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Balsamorhiza sagittata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Buphthalmum sagittatum Pursh (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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