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arrowleaf balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 in. to 1.5 ft.
Spread: 8.0 in.; to 1.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Acidic/Low pH, Alkaline/High pH, Loam, Salty, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Moderately tolerant to alkaline, acidic and weakly saline soils.
This species is an important larval and adult food host for many native invertebrates.