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broadleaf arnica, mountain arnica

Rydberg's arnica, subalpine arnica

Habit Plants 1–5 dm; strongly rhizomatous. Plants 0.8–3 dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

usually simple, sometimes branched, glabrous to puberulent or villous.

simple, strigose or villous, usually stipitate-glandular.

Basal leaves

withering early, usually in separate sterile rosettes, petiolate.

usually in separate sterile rosettes;

petioles winged or not.

Cauline leaves

2–4 pairs;

blades ovate, lanceolate, or elliptic, 1.5–14 cm, bases rounded to attenuate, rarely truncate or cordate;

margins entire to denticulate, dentate, or serrate;

veins branching laterally;

tips acute;

surfaces glabrous to puberulent or strigose;

adaxial surfaces sometimes densely and minutely strigillose; most sessile; lower pair sometimes subsessile.

2–4 pairs;

blades lanceolate or elliptic, 2–6 cm, bases attenuate or rounded;

margins entire or denticulate distally;

veins parallel from bases;

tips acute;

surfaces sparsely to moderately pubescent; short-petiolate or sessile.

Peduncles

glabrate or villous, sometimes glandular-puberulent at apex.

stipitate-glandular, usually also villous.

Involucres

cylindric to campanulate or hemispheric, 8–15 mm.

campanulate-turbinate, 7–22 mm.

Ray florets

5–15;

rays 10–28 mm, yellow.

6–10;

rays 14–30 mm, yellow

Disc florets

20–90;

corollas 6–10 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

broadly or narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, elliptic, or linear;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces glabrous to pilose or villous, sometimes tomentulose or glandular-puberulent at bases.

narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate or elliptic;

tips acute;

surfaces ± pilose or tomentose at base or throughout, stipitate-glandular.

Fruits

columnar-fusiform, 5–9 mm, dark brown, glabrous to glandular-puberulent;

pappus bristles 5–7 mm, white, barbellate.

columnar-fusiform, 4–7 mm, brown or blackish; hirsute;

pappus bristles 5–7 mm, white, barbellate.

Heads

radiate.

radiate.

. disc florets

20–60;

corollas 6–9 mm, yellow.

2n

=38, 76.

=38, 76.

Arnica latifolia

Arnica rydbergii

Distribution
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Discussion

Coniferous forests, meadows, shrublands, cliffs, rocky talus, clearcuts, roadsides. Flowering May–Sep. 300–2300 m. BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Owy, Sisk. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to Alberta, east to WY, southeast to NM. Native.

Alpine meadows, rocky slopes and ridges. Flowering Jul–Aug. 2200–2700 m. BW. ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to SD, southeast to CO. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 185
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 186
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
A. cernua, A. chamissonis, A. cordifolia, A. discoidea, A. diversifolia, A. fulgens, A. gracilis, A. lanceolata, A. longifolia, A. mollis, A. nevadensis, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
A. cernua, A. chamissonis, A. cordifolia, A. discoidea, A. diversifolia, A. fulgens, A. gracilis, A. lanceolata, A. latifolia, A. longifolia, A. mollis, A. nevadensis, A. parryi, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
Synonyms Arnica latifolia var. latifolia
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