[The Balsamroots of Mt. Adams]

Hooker's Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

The photo above shows Hooker's balsamroot at seen in open coniferous woods east of the Mt. Adams Highway.......................April 27, 2008.

The photo above shows Hooker's balsamroot at seen in open coniferous woods east of the Mt. Adams Highway.......................May 5, 2007.

The photo above shows Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open woods along the Yakima-Klickitat County Line to the north of Glenwood, WA...................April 13, 2007.--

The photo above shows a close-up of the flower head of Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open woods along the Yakima-Klickitat County Line to the north of Glenwood, WA...................May 6, 2006. Note that each ray flower has two sharply incised notches at its tip.

A view of the involucral bracts of Hooker's balsamroot as seen east of the Mt. Adams Highway..................April 13, 2007.

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

Hooker's balsamroot as seen at the boundary between coniferous forest and wetland meadow near Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake NWR...................April 30, 2009.

The photo above shows Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open woods along the Yakima-Klickitat County Line to the north of Glenwood, WA...................May 6, 2006.

Paul Slichter