Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica lonchophylla Greene trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Arnica arnoglossa Greene |
Arnica chionopappa Fernald | |
Arnica fernaldii Rydb. | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, lanceolate to ovate, coarsely dentate, opposite, upper leaves small, sessile, capitula 1-7, glandular, achenes 4-6mm, pubescent, pappus white |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (South Dakota) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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