Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza hookeri
Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata
This is the former Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri
![Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri](hookeri/hookeri2a.jpg)
The photo above shows Hooker's balsamroot at seen in open coniferous woods east of the Mt. Adams Highway...........April 27, 2008.
![Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri](hookeri/hookeri8a.jpg)
Hooker's balsamroot as seen at the southeast corner of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge............ July 2, 2012.
- ![Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata)](hookeri/hookeri06-04-2022.jpg)
The photo at left shows Hooker's balsamroot as seen in open coniferous woods east of the Mt. Adams Highway..........May 5, 2007. The photo at right shows a late-blooming Hooker's balsamroot still in bloom in wetlands south of the Klickitat River canyon
rim in the Klickitat Canyon Community Forest.........June 4, 2022. Spring 2022 was a very wet year and flowers at this elevation were at least several weeks late in bloom.
![Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri](hookeri/hookeri3a.jpg)
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.
![Flower head of Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri](hookeri/balsamorhizahookeriflwr.jpg)
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.
![Involucral bracts of Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri](hookeri/hookeri3b.jpg)
A view of the involucral bracts of Hooker's balsamroot as seen east of the Mt. Adams Highway........April 13, 2007.
- ![Involucral bracts of Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata)](hookeri/hookeri04-26-2016b.jpg)
- ![Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata)](hookeri/hookeri04-26-2016d.jpg)
![Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata)](hookeri/hookeri04-26-2016e.jpg)
Hooker's balsamroot as seen in fields along the wildlife area access road to the west of Grayback Mountain Road, Klickitat Wildlife Area.........April 26, 2016.
![Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri](hookeri/hookeri1a.jpg)
Hooker's balsamroot as seen at the boundary between coniferous forest and wetland meadow near Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake NWR..........April 30, 2009.
- ![Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata)](hookeri/hookeri05-01-2015b.jpg)
![Hooker's Balsamroot, Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (Synonyms: Balsamorhiza hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hirsuta var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lagocephala, Balsamorhiza hookeri var. lanata)](hookeri/hookeri05-01-2015c.jpg)
Hooker's balsamroot (former var. hookeri) as in open woods along the Yakima-Klickitat County Line to the north of Glenwood,
WA.........May 1, 2015.
![](hookeri/balsamorhizahookeri1.jpg)
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