[Balsamroots: The Genus Balsamorhiza in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

An example of a hybrid balsamroot from both carey's and hooker's balsamroot which are found nearby. Photographed at the East Simcoe Mountain Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area........May 28, 2017.

Several balsamroot hybrids of Carey's and Hooker's balsamroots as seen at the edge of oak woodlands at Brooks Memorial State Park near Satus Pass, Washington.........May 11, 2014. The hybrids are about double the size of Hooker's balsamroot but at least a third smaller than the average Carey's balsamroot. Leaves of the hybrid may be entire, wrinkled or pinnatifid on the same plant.

The photo above shows a hybrid balsamroot (B. careyana X hookeri) as seen in open coniferous woods along Kreps Lane Conboy Lake National Wildlife Area.........June 15, 2008.