"Balsamorhiza sagittata" is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe of the aster family known by the common name arrowleaf balsamroot. It is widespread across western Canada and much of the western United States.
Similar species: Asterales
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Uploaded Apr 22, 2014. Captured in Jcr 12E, Walden, CO 80480, USA.
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I did some research, but the information I found is somewhat controversial. It is about an endemic species known as the little or bush sunflower (Helianthus pumila/pumilus). Maybe the plants look different depending on the soil they grow on, but the leaves are smaller.
http://awanderingbotanist.com/devils-backbone/
http://www.easterncoloradowildflowers.com/Helianthus%20pumilus.htm
http://margaretesteinhauer.blogspot.com/2012/05/moose-mountain-part-1-of-2.html
There is another plant with larger leaves and I think is is more likely the one on this photo. It is the Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata), but some of the common names also include sunflower.
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/balsamorhiza_sagittata.shtml
http://nativeplants.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/native-focus-arrowleaf-balsamroot-balsamorhiza-sagittata/
http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/balsamorhiza_sagittata.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsamorhiza_sagittata
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BASA3 Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago