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heart-leaf arnica, heart-leaf leopardbane

Nevada arnica, Sierra arnica, Sierran leopardbane

Habit Plants 10–40(–70) cm. Plants 10–50 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).

2–3 pairs, mostly cauline (basal leaves often persistent on sterile rosettes);

petiolate (petioles narrowly to broadly winged);

blades elliptic to ovate, 3–8 × 2–4 cm, margins entire or denticulate, apices acute to rounded, faces stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

broadly campanulate.

campanulate-turbinate.

Ray florets

6–13;

corollas yellow.

6–14;

corollas yellow.

Disc florets

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

Phyllaries

10–20, narrowly ovate to lanceolate.

10–16, oblanceolate.

Heads

1, or 3–5(–10).

1(–3).

Cypselae

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

pappi white, bristles barbellate.

dark gray, 6–9 mm, stipitate-glandular;

pappi white or tawny, bristles barbellate to subplumose.

2n

= 38, 57, 76, 95, 114.

= 76.

Arnica cordifolia

Arnica nevadensis

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Conifer forests to subalpine meadows Coniferous forests, meadows, rocky slopes
Elevation 500–3000 m [1600–9800 ft] 1500–3000 m [4900–9800 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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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. dealbata, A. discoidea, A. fulgens, A. gracilis, A. griscomii, A. lanceolata, A. latifolia, A. lessingii, A. lonchophylla, A. longifolia, A. louiseana, A. mollis, 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 A. tomentella
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 331. (1834) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 55. (1883)
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 374. Treatment author: Steven J. Wolf. FNA vol. 21, p. 374. Treatment author: Steven J. Wolf.
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