Balsamorhiza sagittata “Arrowleaf Balsamroot” Asteraceae
Tobacco Root Mountains, MT
June 3, 2016
Robert Niese
I recently acquired a new phone with a decent camera! This was especially fortuitous last week when I managed to accidentally stumble upon this huge late bloom of balsamroot without my DSLR handy. These hillsides were still completely blanketed in blooming B. sagittata, while Missoula’s hillsides have all faded in the past few weeks. And for the record, this phone camera has more megapixels than my first DSLR… Weird.
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