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sticky arnica

Nevada arnica, Sierra arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants 1–3 dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

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

usually simple, lightly or densely villous, often glandular-puberulent.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

usually in separate sterile rosettes, 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.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

pilose or villous, glandular-puberulent.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

campanulate to hemispheric, 10–17 mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

6–14;

rays 15–25 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

20–60;

corollas 8–10 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate to linear;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces hispid to pilose or villous, usually glandular-puberulent.

Fruits

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

pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose.

± columnar, 6–9 mm, gray or blackish; hirsute or glandular;

pappus bristles 8–10 mm, white or straw-colored, barbellate or subplumose.

Heads

radiate.

radiate.

. cauline leaves

1–3 pairs;

blades ovate or lanceolate, 2–7 cm, bases truncate or rounded to attenuate;

margins denticulate distally; entire proximally;

tips acute or rounded;

surfaces stipitate-glandular, scabrous to pilose on veins and margins, petiolate, sometimes distal pair sessile.

2n

=57, 76.

=76.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica nevadensis

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 woods, rocky open slopes and ridges, cliffs. Flowering Jun–Aug. 1400–2500 m. Casc. CA, NV, WA. 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. mollis, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. viscosa
Synonyms Arnica ovata Arnica tomentella
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