Arnica diversifolia(synonym of Arnica ovata) |
Arnica nevadensis |
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sticky arnica |
Nevada arnica, Sierra arnica |
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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. |
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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. |
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2n | =57, 76. |
=76. |
Arnica diversifolia |
Arnica nevadensis |
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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 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 | ||
Synonyms | Arnica ovata | Arnica tomentella |
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