[Balsamroots: The Genus Balsamorhiza East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Hooker's Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

The photo above shows Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open woods north of Glenwood, WA........April 13, 2007.

Flower head of Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Involucral bracts of Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

Close-up images of the flower head and involucral bracts of Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open woods north of Glenwood, WA........May 6, 2006. Note that each ray flower has two sharply incised notches at its tip.

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

Hooker's balsamroot as seen in a rocky meadow at Brooks Memorial State Park near Satus Pass, Washington.........May 11, 2014.

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

Hooker's balsamroot blooming atop Bickleton Ridge in the Bickleton Ridge Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.........May 7, 2017.

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

Hooker's balsamroot as seen in a rocky meadow at Brooks Memorial State Park near Satus Pass, Washington.........May 13, 2019.

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

The photo at left shows Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open woods north of Glenwood, WA........May 6, 2006. The photo at right shows Hooker's balsamroot blooming on scablands on the Bickleton Ridge Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.........April 20, 2018.

Paul Slichter