Wyethia sagittata

Wyethia sagittata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Engelmanniinae
Genus: Wyethia
Species: Wyethia sagittata

Name

Wyethia sagittata (Pursh) Mabb., Mabberley's Pl.-Book, ed. 4: 1102 (2017).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Buphthalmum sagittatum Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 564 (1813).
• Homotypic
  • Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 350 (1840).
  • Espeletia sagittata (Pursh) Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 39 (1834).
• Heterotypic
  • Balsamorhiza helianthoides (Nutt.) Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 351 (1840).
  • Espeletia helianthoides Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 39 (1834).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Wyethia sagittata Continental: Northern America USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mabb., 2017. Mabberley's Pl.-Book, ed. 4: 1102

Additional references

• Nuttall, T. 1840. Descriptions of new species and genera of plants in the natural order of the Compositae, collected in a tour across the continent to the Pacific, a residence in Oregon, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands and upper California, during the years 1834 and 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, n.s.[new series][ser. 2], 7: 283–453. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Wyethia sagittata. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Wyethia sagittata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Wyethia sagittata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Wyethia sagittata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 28. Reference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Wyethia sagittata in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pfeilblättrige Balsamwurzel
English: arrowleaf balsamroot

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