Arnica mollis |
Arnica acaulis |
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cordilleran arnica, hairy arnica |
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Habit | Plants 2–6 dm; rhizomatous. | |
Stems | simple or branched, tomentose to lightly or densely villous, usually stipitate-glandular, sometimes glabrate proximally. |
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Basal leaves | well developed, petiolate. |
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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. |
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Peduncles | glandular-puberulent, often pilose or villous. |
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Involucres | broadly campanulate or hemispheric, 12–14 mm. |
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Ray florets | 10–22; rays 14–24 mm, yellow. |
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Disc florets | 20–100; corollas 7–10.5 mm, yellow. |
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Phyllaries | lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate to linear; tips acute or acuminate; surfaces pilose or scabridulous, stipitate-glandular. |
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Fruits | columnar-fusiform, 5–8 mm; brownish black; hirsute; pappus bristles 3–6 mm; brownish, plumose. |
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Heads | radiate. |
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2n | =38, 57, 76, 95, 114, 133, 152. |
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Arnica mollis |
Arnica acaulis |
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Distribution | ||
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. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 185 Kenton Chambers |
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