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heart-leaf arnica, heart-leaf leopardbane

common leopardbane

Habit Plants 10–40(–70) cm. Plants 20–80 cm.
Stems

usually simple, sometimes branched.

simple.

Leaves

2–4(–6) pairs, mostly cauline (basal often persistent on sterile rosettes); petiolate;

blades cordate or subcordate to ovate, 3–10 × 2–10 cm, margins dentate to coarsely dentate, apices acute to rounded, faces puberulent to sparsely villous, sometimes stipitate-glandular (especially adaxial).

2–4(–6) pairs, nearly all basal;

sessile;

blades (with 3, 5, or 7 prominent, subparallel veins) broadly elliptic, ovate, or rhombic, 4–15 × 1.5–8 cm, margins mostly entire, apices mostly obtuse, faces hirsute and stipitate-glandular (cauline leaves 0 or 1–2, distalmost often alternate, much reduced).

Involucres

broadly campanulate.

campanulate.

Ray florets

6–13;

corollas yellow.

10–16;

corollas yellow.

Disc florets

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

Phyllaries

10–20, narrowly ovate to lanceolate.

12–18, narrowly ovate.

Heads

1, or 3–5(–10).

3–20.

Cypselae

dark gray, 5–10 mm, sparsely to densely hirsute (hairs duplex), sometimes stipitate-glandular as well;

pappi white, bristles barbellate.

dark gray to dark brown, 5–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular;

pappi white, bristles barbellate.

2n

= 38, 57, 76, 95, 114.

= 38.

Arnica cordifolia

Arnica acaulis

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Conifer forests to subalpine meadows Sandy pine woods and clearings, often in damp soils, chiefly on Coastal Plain
Elevation 500–3000 m (1600–9800 ft) 0–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MI; MT; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK; YT
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DC; DE; FL; GA; MD; NC; NJ; PA; SC; VA
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 374. FNA vol. 21, p. 368.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Arnica Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Arnica
Sibling taxa
A. acaulis, A. angustifolia, A. cernua, A. chamissonis, A. dealbata, A. discoidea, A. fulgens, A. gracilis, A. griscomii, A. lanceolata, A. latifolia, A. lessingii, A. lonchophylla, A. longifolia, A. louiseana, A. mollis, A. nevadensis, A. ovata, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. unalaschcensis, A. venosa, A. viscosa
A. angustifolia, A. cernua, A. chamissonis, A. cordifolia, A. dealbata, A. discoidea, A. fulgens, A. gracilis, A. griscomii, A. lanceolata, A. latifolia, A. lessingii, A. lonchophylla, A. longifolia, A. louiseana, A. mollis, A. nevadensis, A. ovata, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. spathulata, A. unalaschcensis, A. venosa, A. viscosa
Synonyms A. cordifolia var. pumila, A. paniculata, A. whitneyi Doronicum acaule
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 331. (1834) (Walter) Britton: Prelim. Cat., 30. (1888)
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