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Arnica angustifolia Vahl trib. Heliantheae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesArnica angustifolia Vahl trib. Heliantheae
BibliographyFl. Dan. [G.C.Oeder] 9(26): 3 (1818)
Native RangeSubarctic America to nw. USA
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Altitude0-2500m
Descriptionconspicuosly long villose-tomentose, leaves entire, basal leaves narrow, 15cm long, stem leaves 1-3 pairs, reduced, capitula solitary, campanulate, ligules 9-12, dentate
Size5-30cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAliseta plantaginea Raf.
Arnica alpina var. angustifolia (Vahl) Fernald
Arnica alpina ssp. angustifolia (Vahl) Maguire
Arnica alpina ssp. attenuata (Greene) Maguire
Arnica alpina var. attenuata (Greene) Ediger & T.M.Barkley
Arnica alpina var. linearis Hultén
Arnica alpina var. plantaginea (Pursh) Ediger & T.M.Barkley
Arnica alpina ssp. sornborgeri (Fernald) Maguire
Arnica alpina var. ungavensis (B.Boivin) B.Boivin
Arnica alpina var. vestita Hultén
Arnica angustifolia ssp. attenuata (Greene) G.W.Douglas & Ruyle-Dougl.
Arnica attenuata Greene
Arnica montana var. angustifolia (Vahl) Hook
Arnica plantaginea Pursh
Arnica pulchella Fernald
Arnica sornborgeri Fernald
Arnica sornborgeri var. ungavensis B.Boivin
Arnica terrae-novae Fernald
Doronicum plantagineum Poir.
Territory0 Circumpolar
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana)
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