Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica louiseana Farr trib. Heliantheae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2100m |
Description | stem leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblong, entire, obtuse, usually glabrous, glandular, capitula 1-3, pendent, involucre campanulate, phyllaries narrowly lanceolate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , 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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