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

Deltoid Balsamroot,Northwest Balsamroot, Puget Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens

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

Northwestern balsamroot as seen at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside.........April 29, 2012.

Involucral bracts of Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Flower head of 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)

Leaf blade of Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens)

Additional images of northwestern balsamroot as seen at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside.............April 29, 2012. Note that most of the stems have single flower heads, although one or two may have two. Note also the wavy leaf margins and the involucral bracts, the inner of which are shorter than the much longer outer bracts.


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)

Northwestern balsamroot as seen at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside.............April 22, 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)

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)

Northwest balsamroot still blooming near the summit of Observation Peak, Siskiyou Crest, Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest.....July 15, 2020.

Involucre of Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Involucre of Puget Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamroot, Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Synonym: Balsamorhiza glabrescens) - Basal leaf of 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)

Northwestern balsamroot as seen in woods along the trail up east side of Upper Table Rock to the northwest of Medford, Oregon..........April 28, 2012.


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

Northwestern balsamroot in bloom at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside (BLM)......April 5, 2022.

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

Northwestern balsamroot blooming along the service road down from the Illinois River Road to Star Flat, west of Selma, OR.....April 22, 2021. Note the glaucous leaves of Lomatium howellii in the foreground.
Paul Slichter