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

Northwestern Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Puget Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Deltoid balsamroot just past peak bloom atop Monte Carlo on Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Washington Department of Natural Resources lands west of BZ Corner, WA......June 10, 2021.

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Deltoid balsamroot blooming atop Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument........May 28, 2021.

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Deltoid balsamroot blooming at left along the Grizzly Peak Trail, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.....May 27, 2021. The photo at right shows deltoid balsamroot blooming atop Monte Cristo, Monte Cristo Natural Area Preserve......June 21, 2022.

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Close-up images of the flowers and leaves of deltoid balsamroot as seen on the eastern flanks of Grassy Knoll in the Gifford Pinchot N.F........May 24, 2007.

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Deltoid balsamroots along Forest Spur Road 4440-140 several hundred meters east of the rock quarry at Joe's Point, Mount Hood National Forest......July 9, 2022. These could be B. careyana or B. careyana X B. deltoidea as the plants at this location are quite variable and display characteristics of both species.

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Deltoid balsamroot atop Big Huckleberry Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 23, 2024.

Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Deltoid balsamroot observed atop Monte Cristo, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 18, 2021.

Paul Slichter