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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Balsamroots
  8. Apples of Sodom
  9. Arrowleaf Balsamroot

species 24,842 observations

Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Balsamorhiza sagittata

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

94 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Army Cutworm Moth, Jeweled Tebenna, Western Plume Moth, Tebenna balsamorrhizella 5
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it California Mason Bee 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Corythucha immaculata, Hylaius oregonensis, Brown Bear 3
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Hunt's Bumble Bee, Vancouver Bumble Bee, Osmia montana, Eucera actuosa 85

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Moist
Water use
Medium
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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