Arnica dealbata |
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mock leopardbane |
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Habit | Plants 15–35 cm. |
Stems | mostly simple. |
Leaves | 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 | campanulate to hemispheric. |
Ray florets | 5–12; corollas yellow. |
Disc florets | (functionally staminate): corollas yellow; anthers yellow (styles rarely exserted). |
Phyllaries | 5–12 (in 1 series), oblong or elliptic. |
Heads | 1–6. |
Cypselae | brown to black, 4–10 mm, sparsely to densely hirsute (hairs usually simple, rarely duplex) and sparsely stipitate-glandular; pappi 0. |
2n | = 38, 76. |
Arnica dealbata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Open forests, meadows, slopes |
Elevation | 1200–2400 m (3900–7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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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. 375. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Arnica |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Whitneya dealbata |
Name authority | (A. Gray) B. G. Baldwin: Novon 9: 460. (1999) |
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