[Balsamroots East of the Cascade Mts.]
Hybrid Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza hookeri x sagittata
Hybrid balsamroot from the old Ellensburg-Vantage Highway, central Washington...........May
3, 1998.
Both balsamroot species were numerous in the area, near the pass between the
two Washington towns. Both species were in near proximity to each other, often
within a few feet. The hybrids were intermediate in size, with modestly cleft
leaves which were again intermediate in shape between the two species.
Closeup of the involucral bracts and rays of hybrid balsamroot from the old
Ellensburg-Vantage Highway, central Washington...........May 3, 1998.
Leaf of hybrid balsamroot from the old Ellensburg-Vantage Highway, central
Washington...........May 3, 1998.
Paul Slichter