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sticky arnica

longleaf arnica, seep-spring arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants 3–6+ dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

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

simple or branched, glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrate proximally.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

small, 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.

5–7 pairs;

blades lanceolate to narrowly lance-elliptic or linear, 3–15 cm, mostly 5–10 × as long as wide, bases truncate or attenuate;

margins entire to obscurely or minutely denticulate;

veins branching laterally;

tips acute or acuminate;

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

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

pilose or glandular-puberulent.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

campanulate or hemispheric, 7–10 mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

8–13;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

15–60;

corollas 7–9 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate to elliptic or linear;

surfaces glabrous to minutely scabrous or pilose, usually glandular-puberulent.

Fruits

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

pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose.

columnar, 3–7 mm, brown or black, glabrous to sparsely hispid or stipitate-glandular;

pappus bristles 5–7 mm; straw-colored or brownish, barbellate or subplumose.

Heads

radiate.

radiate.

2n

=57, 76.

=57, 76.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica longifolia

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 coniferous forests, mixed woods, streambanks, lakesides, talus slopes, meadows. Flowering Jun–Sep. 900–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta, east to WY, southeast to CO. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 184
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 185
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. discoidea, A. diversifolia, A. fulgens, A. gracilis, A. lanceolata, A. latifolia, A. mollis, A. nevadensis, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
Synonyms Arnica ovata Arnica longifolia ssp. myriadenia
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