Balsamorhiza.

An enormous plant, but which species?

Michael Moore talks about Balsamorhiza in one or the other of his books (lemmesee: ah yes, Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West.).

And he talked about it while I was attending his school, in 1998.

I've wanted a plant or three ever since. An enormous yellow-flowering Asteraceae, where the leaves are as useful as the root? Gimme gimme! Or at least, show me show me!

So I found one, I think, in the botanical garden in Gothenburg. Only, when asking them (by email) if that large plant was in fact a Balsamorhiza, they said "Probably. We have B. careyana, B. deltoidea, B incana and maybe a few others in the American part of the rock garden". That list is less than useful, so here's a pic of the plant.

Photo: Balsamorhiza sagittata.Pic: Is this a balsamroot? If so, which species? If you recognize it as a balsamroot let me know. If you in addition can tell me which species it is, let me know that, too.

Thanks!

--

Update 19Oct05: Jimmy Persson from the botanical garden in Gothenburg confirmed that yes, it's Balsamorhiza sagittata. Thanks for that, Jimmy!

Thanks Darcey and Jeff. I'll

Thanks Darcey and Jeff. I'll try to get seeds of that one from Gothenburg then.