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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 food host for seven specialist butterflies and adult food host for twelve bee, and twenty-seven specialist butterfly species.