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heart-leaf arnica, heart-leaf leopardbane

mock leopardbane

Habit Plants 10–40(–70) cm. Plants 15–35 cm.
Stems

usually simple, sometimes branched.

mostly 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).

3–8 pairs, mostly crowded toward bases;

petiolate (at least proximal);

blades elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, 5–10 × 0.5–3.5 cm, margins entire, apices acute, faces densely hairy (hairs relatively short, curly) and sessile-glandular (distal leaves sessile, much reduced).

Involucres

broadly campanulate.

campanulate to hemispheric.

Ray florets

6–13;

corollas yellow.

5–12;

corollas yellow.

Disc florets

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

(functionally staminate): corollas yellow;

anthers yellow (styles rarely exserted).

Phyllaries

10–20, narrowly ovate to lanceolate.

5–12 (in 1 series), oblong or elliptic.

Heads

1, or 3–5(–10).

1–6.

Cypselae

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

pappi white, bristles barbellate.

brown to black, 4–10 mm, sparsely to densely hirsute (hairs usually simple, rarely duplex) and sparsely stipitate-glandular;

pappi 0.

2n

= 38, 57, 76, 95, 114.

= 38, 76.

Arnica cordifolia

Arnica dealbata

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Conifer forests to subalpine meadows Open forests, meadows, slopes
Elevation 500–3000 m [1600–9800 ft] 1200–2400 m [3900–7900 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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Discussion

Although Arnica dealbata lacks pappi, morphologic, cytologic, and molecular data (B. G. Baldwin and B. L. Wessa 2000; Baldwin et al. 2002) clearly support its inclusion in Arnica.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 374. FNA vol. 21, p. 375.
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. acaulis, A. angustifolia, A. cernua, A. chamissonis, A. cordifolia, 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 Whitneya dealbata
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 331. (1834) (A. Gray) B. G. Baldwin: Novon 9: 460. (1999)
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