Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica griscomii Fernald trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Arnica brevifolia Rydb. |
Arnica nutans Rydb. | |
Arnica snyderi Raup | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 10-1100m |
Description | stem leaves petiolate, elliptic, lanceolate or spathulate, denticulate, acute or obtuse, usually glabrous, capitula solitary, involucre hemispherical, white pilose |
Size | 5-40cm |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia Russian Far East Northern America Eastern Canada (Newfoundland , Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
griscomii frigida (C.A.Mey ex Iljin) S.J.Wolf, Taxon 38(1): 142 (1989)
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