Arnica diversifolia(synonym of Arnica ovata) |
Arnica longifolia |
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sticky arnica |
longleaf arnica, seep-spring arnica |
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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 |
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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. |
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 | ||
Synonyms | Arnica ovata | Arnica longifolia ssp. myriadenia |
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