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Arrowleaf balsamroot is a deep-rooted, drought-tolerant perennial sunflower-like herb from western North America, with large silvery leaves and bright yellow daisy flowers in late spring. Give it full sun, lean well-drained soil, and little water once established.
Balsamorhiza sagittata is a North American species of flowering plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae known by the common name arrowleaf balsamroot. Also sometimes called Oregon sunflower or Okanagan Sunflower, it is widespread across western Canada and much of the western United States.
The plant's native range extends from British Columbia and Alberta in the north, southward as far as northern Arizona and the Mojave Desert of California, and as far east as the Black Hills of South Dakota. It grows in many types of habitats from mountain forests to grassland to desert scrub. It is drought tolerant.
Coming into season in late spring, all of the plant can be eaten—particularly the leaves (raw or cooked), roots (cooked), and the seeds, raw or pounded into flour. It can be bitter and pine-like in taste. The leaves are best collected when young and can carry a citrus flavor.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Balsamorhiza sagittata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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