| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Arnica lessingii (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene trib. Heliantheae |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate, subentire, acute or obtuse, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely hirsute, capitula solitary, pendent, involucre brown hirsute |
| Size | 10-35cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ASTERACEAE
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