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sticky arnica

rayless arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants 1.5–6 dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

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

simple or branched, villous and stipitate-glandular.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

in 1 pair, triangular to subcordate;

petioles not or scarcely winged.

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.

(1)2–4 pairs, often clustered near base;

blades triangular to ovate or lanceolate, 2–9 cm, bases truncate to subcordate;

margins denticulate to dentate or serrate;

tips acute to obtuse;

surfaces glabrous to pilose or villous;

petioles usually broadly winged.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

villous, sparingly to densely stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

campanulate, 8–13 mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

0.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

20–50;

corollas 5–10 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

broadly to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces densely pilose or villous and stipitate-glandular.

Fruits

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

pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose.

columnar-fusiform, 5–8 mm, gray or blackish, puberulent;

pappus bristles 6–8 mm, white, barbellate to subplumose.

Heads

radiate.

discoid.

2n

=57, 76.

=38, 57, 76.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica discoidea

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.

Open mixed woodlands, coniferous forests, shrublands, rocky slopes and ridges, roadsides, serpentine. Flowering May–Aug. 100–1800 m. Casc, CR, ECas, Sisk. CA, NV, WA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 184
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 184
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. cordifolia, 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 discoidea var. eradiata, Arnica grayi, Arnica parviflora, Arnica parviflora ssp. alata, Arnica parviflora ssp. parviflora
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