Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica angustifolia Vahl trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Arnica attenuata Greene |
Arnica pulchella Fernald | |
Arnica plantaginea Pursh | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-2500m |
Description | conspicuosly long villose-tomentose, leaves entire, basal leaves narrow, 15cm long, stem leaves 1-3 pairs, reduced, capitula solitary, campanulate, ligules 9-12, dentate |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Montana) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
angustifolia alpina (L.) I.K.Ferguson, Bot. J. Linn. Soc.. 67(3): 282 (1973)
angustifolia iljinii (Maguire) I.K.Ferguson, ibid.
angustifolia tomentosa (J.M.Macoun) G.W.Douglas & Ruyle-Douglas, Canad. J. Bot. 56(14): 1710 (1978)
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