| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Arnica montana L. trib. Heliantheae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 884 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to Greenland |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 700-2900m |
| Description | basal leaves 6-17cm, obovate to oblanceolate, adaxially densely glandular-pubescent, capitula 1-3, phyllaries lanceolate, ligules 5-8mm long with 2-3 teeth |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Arnica alpina Willd. ex Steud. Arnica alpina f. inudata Porsild Arnica angustifolia Turcz. ex Ledeb. Arnica helvetica G.Don Arnica lowii Holm Arnica montana var. alternifolia St.-Lag. Arnica petiolata Schur Arnica plantaginifolia Gilib. Cineraria cernua Thore Doronicum arnica Garsault Doronicum montanum (L.) Lam. Doronicum oppositifolium Lam. Senecio arnica E.H.L.Krause |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland) |