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ARROWLEAF BALSAMROOT 



Balsamorhi'za sagitta'ta 



Flower heads sunfiowcrlike, mostly 

 solitary at ends of stems 



Outside (ray) flowers of head yellow, 

 showy, petal-like, up to 2 in. long, about 

 % in. wide, female, seed-producing 



Center (disk) flowers of head numer- 

 ous, small, deep yellow, perfect, seed- 

 producing 



nf-"Seeds 

 angled, smooth, 

 - 



(achenes) thickened, 4- 

 looth, hairless, without 

 I bristles or scales 



Bracts in a series (involucre) around 

 base of flower head, lance-shaped to 

 linear-lance-shaped, about % in. long, 

 overlapping in several rows, outer ones 

 often longer and more densely white- 

 woolly than inner ones 



Leaves mostly in a basal clump; basal 

 leaves large, 4 to 12 in. long, 2 to 6 in. 

 wide at base, arrowhead-shaped (sagit- 

 tate) or triangular-heart-shaped, white- 

 woolly, especially beneath, entire or 

 nearly so, long-stalked; stem leaves 

 few, small, narrow 



Stems several, erect or ascending, up 

 to 2 ft. high, woolly-haired 



Taproot-^-deep-set, thickened, with bal- 

 sam-bearing bark, edible core; turpen- 

 tinelike odor, crowned by numerous 

 dark leafs.talks of former years 



