Arnica longifolia |
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longleaf arnica, seep-spring arnica |
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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 |
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Distribution | |
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 | |
Synonyms | Arnica longifolia ssp. myriadenia |
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