Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica nevadensis A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 55 (1883) |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | stoloniferous, basal leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, basally truncate, entire, capitula 1-3, broadly crateriform to campanulate, involucre densely glandular |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arnica tomentella Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |