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heart-leaf arnica, heart-leaf leopardbane

Klamath arnica, spatulate arnica

Habit Plants 10–40(–70) cm. Plants 15–45+ cm.
Stems

usually simple, sometimes branched.

simple or branched.

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).

3–5 pairs, sometimes crowded toward bases (basal leaves often persistent on sterile rosettes);

petiolate (petioles mostly broadly winged, 1–9 × 0.2–1.5 cm);

blades elliptic-ovate to spatulate, 2–8 × 1–4 cm, margins subentire to mostly irregularly dentate, apices acute, faces sparsely to densely villous, stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

broadly campanulate.

turbinate-campanulate.

Ray florets

6–13;

corollas yellow.

0.

Disc florets

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

15–50;

corollas yellow;

anthers yellow.

Phyllaries

10–20, narrowly ovate to lanceolate.

8–15, broadly to narrowly lanceolate.

Heads

1, or 3–5(–10).

1, or 3–9(–25).

Cypselae

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

pappi white, bristles barbellate.

black, 5–10 mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular;

pappi white, bristles barbellate.

2n

= 38, 57, 76, 95, 114.

= 38, 76.

Arnica cordifolia

Arnica spathulata

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Conifer forests to subalpine meadows Usually serpentine soils, open, dry oak–conifer forests, disturbed areas
Elevation 500–3000 m [1600–9800 ft] 200–1500 m [700–4900 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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CA; OR
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 374. FNA vol. 21, p. 376.
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. nevadensis, A. ovata, A. parryi, A. rydbergii, A. sororia, A. unalaschcensis, A. venosa, A. viscosa
Synonyms A. cordifolia var. pumila, A. paniculata, A. whitneyi A. eastwoodiae, A. spathulata subsp. eastwoodiae, A. spathulata var. eastwoodiae
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 331. (1834) Greene: Pittonia 3: 103. (1896)
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