Arnica diversifolia(synonym of Arnica ovata) |
Arnica chamissonis |
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sticky arnica |
Chamisso arnica, meadow arnica |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 | ||
Synonyms | Arnica ovata | Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa, Arnica chamissonis ssp. incana, Arnica chamissonis var. foliosa, Arnica chamissonis var. incana |
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