Hooker's Balsamroot
Balsamorhiza hookeri
Hooker's balsamroot is a low Great Basin perennial with ferny silvery leaves and large golden sunflowers on short stems in spring, a long-lived, deeply taprooted native for dry western slopes.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA