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longleaf arnica, seep-spring arnica

Habit Plants 3–6+ dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

simple or branched, glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrate proximally.

Basal leaves

small, withering early.

Cauline leaves

5–7 pairs;

blades lanceolate to narrowly lance-elliptic or linear, 3–15 cm, mostly 5–10 × as long as wide, bases truncate or attenuate;

margins entire to obscurely or minutely denticulate;

veins branching laterally;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces glabrous to glandular-puberulent or gland-dotted, sessile or lower short-petiolate.

Peduncles

pilose or glandular-puberulent.

Involucres

campanulate or hemispheric, 7–10 mm.

Ray florets

8–13;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–60;

corollas 7–9 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate to elliptic or linear;

surfaces glabrous to minutely scabrous or pilose, usually glandular-puberulent.

Fruits

columnar, 3–7 mm, brown or black, glabrous to sparsely hispid or stipitate-glandular;

pappus bristles 5–7 mm; straw-colored or brownish, barbellate or subplumose.

Heads

radiate.

2n

=57, 76.

Arnica longifolia

Distribution
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Discussion

Open coniferous forests, mixed woods, streambanks, lakesides, talus slopes, meadows. Flowering Jun–Sep. 900–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to WY, southeast to CO. Native.

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