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sticky arnica

Klamath arnica, spatulate arnica

Habit Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. Plants 1–5 dm; rhizomatous.
Stems

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

simple to much branched, lightly or densely spiculate or pilose to tomentose, stipitate-glandular distally or throughout.

Basal leaves

usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate;

petioles broadly winged.

some petioles distinctly winged.

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.

2–5 pairs, sometimes crowded proximally, distally reduced;

blades ovate or lanceolate to linear, 1.5–13 cm, bases rounded or attenuate;

margins denticulate to dentate or serrate;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces sparsely to densely villous, petiolate proximally, usually winged, sessile distally.

Peduncles

glandular-puberulent.

stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

turbinate, 10–15 mm.

broadly to narrowly campanulate, 15–25 mm.

Ray florets

8–15;

rays 10–20 mm, yellow.

0.

Disc florets

15–40;

corollas 7–10 mm, yellow.

15–50;

corollas 8–11 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

lanceolate to elliptic or linear;

tips acute;

surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular.

lanceolate to oblanceolate or elliptic;

tips acute;

surfaces stipitate-glandular, sometimes pilose.

Fruits

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

pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose.

columnar or columnar-fusiform, 4–8 mm; black;

gland-dotted, sometimes also hispid, rarely glabrous;

pappus bristles 7–10 mm, white, barbellate.

Heads

radiate.

discoid.

2n

=57, 76.

=38, 76.

Arnica diversifolia

Arnica spathulata

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.

Coniferous forests, mixed woodlands, open slopes, clearcuts, on serpentine soils. Flowering May–Aug. 400–1200 m. Casc, CR, Sisk. CA. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 184
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 186
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. nevadensis, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. viscosa
Synonyms Arnica ovata Arnica spathulata ssp. eastwoodiae, Arnica spathulata ssp. spathulata
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