Arnica diversifolia(synonym of Arnica ovata) |
Arnica spathulata |
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sticky arnica |
Klamath arnica, spatulate arnica |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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 | ||
Synonyms | Arnica ovata | Arnica spathulata ssp. eastwoodiae, Arnica spathulata ssp. spathulata |
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