Arnica diversifolia(synonym of Arnica ovata) |
Arnica viscosa |
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sticky arnica |
Shasta arnica |
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Habit | Plants 1.5–4 dm; rhizomatous. | Plants 2–5 dm; rhizomatous. |
Stems | single or branched, usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrate proximally or sparsely scabrous-pilose. |
simple or more often much branched, densely stipitate-glandular. |
Basal leaves | usually much reduced, withering early; round-ovate; petioles broadly winged. |
usually 0. |
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. |
5–10 pairs, distally slightly reduced; blades ovate or lanceolate, 2–5 cm, bases rounded or attenuate; margins entire, rarely denticulate; tips acute; surfaces densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes pilose on abaxial veins, sessile. |
Peduncles | glandular-puberulent. |
densely stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate, 10–15 mm. |
campanulate, 10–20 mm. |
Ray florets | 8–15; rays 10–20 mm, yellow. |
0. |
Disc florets | 15–40; corollas 7–10 mm, yellow. |
10–30; corollas 6–10 mm, cream-colored. |
Phyllaries | lanceolate to elliptic or linear; tips acute; surfaces pilose and stipitate-glandular. |
lanceolate to oblanceolate or linear; tips acute or acuminate; surfaces stipitate-glandular. |
Fruits | columnar-fusiform, 5–6.5 mm, brown or blackish, hispidulous; pappus bristles 7–10 mm; brownish, subplumose. |
columnar-fusiform, 5–6.6 mm, gray to blackish, stipitate-glandular; pappus bristles 8–10 mm, white or straw-colored, subplumose. |
Heads | radiate. |
discoid. |
2n | =57, 76. |
=38. |
Arnica diversifolia |
Arnica viscosa |
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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. |
Talus slopes, rock crevices. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1800–2400 m. Casc. 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 | |
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