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sticky arnica

Shasta arnica

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

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.

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
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. spathulata
Synonyms Arnica ovata
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