Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica nevadensis A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Arnica tomentella Greene |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
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 | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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