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sticky arnica

cordilleran arnica, hairy arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants 2–6 dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

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

simple or branched, tomentose to lightly or densely villous, usually stipitate-glandular, sometimes glabrate proximally.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

well developed, 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 pairs;

distal pairs more developed than proximal;

blades ovate to broadly or narrowly lanceolate, 3–15 cm, bases attenuate to cordate;

margins entire or denticulate;

veins branching laterally;

tips usually acute;

surfaces glabrous or villous, often glandular-puberulent, sessile or lower pair short-petiolate.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

glandular-puberulent, often pilose or villous.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

broadly campanulate or hemispheric, 12–14 mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

10–22;

rays 14–24 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

20–100;

corollas 7–10.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate to linear;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces pilose or scabridulous, 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; brownish black; hirsute;

pappus bristles 3–6 mm; brownish, plumose.

Heads

radiate.

radiate.

2n

=57, 76.

=38, 57, 76, 95, 114, 133, 152.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica mollis

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.

Moist coniferous forests, meadows, streambanks, bogs, cliffs, rocky slopes. Flowering Jun–Sep. 1000–3000 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, AK, 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. longifolia, A. nevadensis, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
Synonyms Arnica ovata
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