Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Close-up of the flowerhead of the arrowleaf balsamroot. It is often thought the entire sunflower-like head is the flower, but what are often mistaken for the long yellow petals are actually the ray florets, and the actual flowers are the dozens of tiny "mini-flowers" called disk florets, and these when fertilized are what produce the seeds. This perfectly-shaped arrowleaf balsamroot was photographed on a beautiful spring day just outside of Yakima, Washington.
- Copyright
- VA 2-049-696
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 18.8MB
- Keywords
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Angiosperms, Asteraceae, Asterales, Asterids, B. careyana, Balsamorhiza, Balsamorhiza careyana, Carey's balsamroot, Cowiche Canyon, Cowiche Canyon Trail, Eudicots, Great Basin, Heliantheae, Oregon sunflower, Plantae, Washington, Yakima, Yakima County, balsamroot, beautiful, beauty, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, bud, color, dicot, east-side forest, flora, flower, flowers, forb, fresh, green, habitat, herb, mountainous, native, natural, nature, perennial, plant, plants, shrub-steppe, spring, sunflower, west coast, wild, wildflower, wildflowers, yellow
- Contained in galleries
- Asteraceae (Thistles, Asters and Daisies), Yellow Wildflowers
