Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica spathulata Greene trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Arnica cusickii Rydb. |
Arnica eastwoodiae Rydb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1500m |
Description | adpressed hirsute, glandular, leaves oblanceolate, dentate, subsessile, stem leaves 3-5 pairs, capitula discoid, 3-10, involucre narrowly campanulate, phyllaries glandular |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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