Balsamorrhiza
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Balsamorrhiza (Greek, balsam root). Compositae. Low perennials with thick, deep, resinous, frequently tuberous roots, tufts of radical Lvs., and large yellow fls.: lvs. usually long-petiolate, when cauline usually opposite, mostly radical: scapes few-lvd. or naked; fls. usually solitary. The root was an aboriginal food, when the rind was peeled.—About 10 species, mostly from Cent, and W. N. Amer.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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