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sticky arnica

heart-leaved arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants (1)2–5+ dm; strongly rhizomatous.
Stems

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

usually simple, stipitate-glandular to lightly or densely pilose or villous.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

usually in separate sterile rosettes; long-petiolate.

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.

2–4(6) pairs, reduced distally;

blades ovate or triangular, 2–15 cm, bases cordate to subcordate or truncate;

margins usually dentate or serrate;

veins branching laterally;

tips acute;

surfaces puberulent, sparsely villous, or minutely glandular, petiolate.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

stipitate-glandular and pilose or villous, tomentose below heads.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

campanulate, 15–20(30) mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

6–13;

rays 15–30 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

20–90;

corollas 9–12 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

broadly or narrowly lance-elliptic or oblanceolate;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose or villous, sometimes glabrous distally or glandular-puberulent.

Fruits

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

pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose.

columnar-fusiform, 5–8(10) mm, dark gray or blackish, spiculate or hirsute;

pappus bristles 5–9 mm, white, barbellate.

Heads

radiate.

radiate.

2n

=57, 76.

=38, 57, 76, 95, 114.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica cordifolia

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.

Forests, shrublands, meadows, streambanks. Flowering Apr–Aug. 50–2900 m. BR, BW, Casc, Col, CR, ECas, Lava, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Quebec, east to SD, southeast to NM. 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. chamissonis, 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 cordifolia var. cordifolia, Arnica cordifolia var. pumila
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