Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica fulgens Pursh trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 527 (1813) |
Native Range | w. & c. Canada to w. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 500-3000m |
Description | leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 5-12cm long, distinctly veined, capitula mostly 1-3, 35-55mm across, involucre broadly hemispherical, phyllaries elliptic-oblong |
Size | 10-75cm |
Color | orange yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Arnica monocephala Rydb. Arnica montana var. fulgens (Pursh) Rydb. Arnica pedunculata Rydb. Arnica pedunculata var. monocephala Lunell Arnica pedunculata f. monocephala Cockerell Arnica pedunculata var. tubularis Cockerell Arnica trinervata Rydb. Doronicum fulgens (Pursh) Poir. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |