Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica spathulata Greene trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 103 (1896) |
Native Range | Oregon to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 200-1500m |
Description | adpressed hirsute, glandular, leaves oblanceolate, dentate, subsessile, stem leaves 3-5 pairs, capitula discoid, 3-10, involucre narrowly campanulate, phyllaries glandular |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Arnica cusickii Rydb,. Arnica eastwoodiae Rydb. Arnica spathulata var. eastwoodiae (Rydb.) Ediger & T.M.Barkley Arnica spathulata ssp. eastwoodiae (Rydb.) Maguire Arnica spathulata ssp. genuina Maguire |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |