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Common name: arrowleaf balsamroot
Scientific name:
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Duration: Perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Habitat: Open hillsides and flats and lightly wooded areas
Blooming period: Early spring
Color: Yellow flower heads
Height: 24
Planting Time:
Arrowleaf balsamroot blooms in early spring and its greyish-green leaves are arrow-shaped. It is a long lived perennial with a deep taproot and individual plants can live more than 100 years! Each individual flower head is made up of many flowers. The ray flowers are the ones around the edge of the head with long yellow "petals." The rays are the showy flowers but it's the disk flowers in the center that make the seeds.
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Seeding Requirements: Plant seed out in fall. These seeds need 90 days of cold moist conditions to germinate.
Planting Instructions: Sow seeds directly in the ground at 1/8" in late fall as these seeds require 90 days of cold moist conditions for successful germination. Seeds will sprout in the spring!
Maintain a moist seed bed in the spring; gradually reducing watering following the first year of establishment. Keep in mind, germination can be erratic, and new plants may appear 2-3 years following planting.
Does not transplant due to long taproot.
Seeds per pound: 58,400
Seeding Rate: 1 oz./30 sq.ft.
Balsamorhiza, from the Greek Balsamos meaning "balsam" and rhiza meaning "root." This alludes to the roots of these species having a balsamic or resinous smell or exudation.
sagittata, from the Latin word sagitta meaning "arrow" |
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1461 Thorn Creek Road, Genesee, Idaho 83832
208.596.9122 |
