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cordilleran arnica, hairy arnica

Habit Plants 2–6 dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

simple or branched, tomentose to lightly or densely villous, usually stipitate-glandular, sometimes glabrate proximally.

Basal leaves

well developed, petiolate.

Cauline leaves

2–4 pairs;

distal pairs more developed than proximal;

blades ovate to broadly or narrowly lanceolate, 3–15 cm, bases attenuate to cordate;

margins entire or denticulate;

veins branching laterally;

tips usually acute;

surfaces glabrous or villous, often glandular-puberulent, sessile or lower pair short-petiolate.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent, often pilose or villous.

Involucres

broadly campanulate or hemispheric, 12–14 mm.

Ray florets

10–22;

rays 14–24 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

20–100;

corollas 7–10.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate to linear;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces pilose or scabridulous, stipitate-glandular.

Fruits

columnar-fusiform, 5–8 mm; brownish black; hirsute;

pappus bristles 3–6 mm; brownish, plumose.

Heads

radiate.

2n

=38, 57, 76, 95, 114, 133, 152.

Arnica mollis

Arnica acaulis

Distribution
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Discussion

Moist coniferous forests, meadows, streambanks, bogs, cliffs, rocky slopes. Flowering Jun–Sep. 1000–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, AK, 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. longifolia, 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. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
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