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sticky arnica

Chamisso arnica, meadow arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants (0.5)1–10 dm; strongly rhizomatous.
Stems

single or branched, usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrate proximally or sparsely scabrous-pilose.

simple or branched distally, puberulent to villous or woolly-tomentose, sometimes glabrate proximally.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

small, usually withering early.

Cauline leaves

2–3(4) pairs;

distal 1–2 pairs reduced and bract-like;

blades ovate to lanceolate, 2–8 cm, bases truncate or attenuate;

margins denticulate or serrate-dentate, rarely entire;

veins branching laterally;

tips acute or obtuse;

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

4–10 pairs; well developed;

blades narrowly to broadly lanceolate or elliptic, 2–18 cm;

margins entire to denticulate or dentate;

veins branching laterally;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces glabrous to puberulent, setose, villous, or woolly-tomentose, not glandular, proximally short-petiolate, distally sessile, sometimes winged.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

puberulent to tomentose, sometimes minutely glandular.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

campanulate, 8–13 mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

8–13;

rays 5–20 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

30–50+;

corollas 7–11 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

lance-linear to lance-elliptic or oblanceolate;

tips acute, with conspicuous tuft of white trichomes;

surfaces puberulent to tomentose, sometimes minutely glandular.

Fruits

columnar-fusiform, 5–6.5 mm, brown or blackish, hispidulous;

pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose.

columnar, 4–6 mm; blackish, glabrous to minutely puberulent;

pappus bristles 4–6 mm, white or straw-colored, barbellate to subplumose.

Heads

radiate.

radiate.

2n

=57, 76.

=38, 57, 76.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica chamissonis

Distribution
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Discussion

Open pine forests, grasslands, bogs, subalpine talus, cliffs, ridges. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1700–3000 m. BW, Casc. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, northeast to MT, southeast to UT. Native.

Moist meadows, wet forests, streambanks. Flowering May–Sep. 800–2300 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, NV, ID, WA; throughout Canada and western US. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 184
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 183
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. mollis, A. nevadensis, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
A. cernua, 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
Synonyms Arnica ovata Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa, Arnica chamissonis ssp. incana, Arnica chamissonis var. foliosa, Arnica chamissonis var. incana
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