Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica parryi A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Amer. Naturalist 8: 213 (1874) |
Native Range | Yukon to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 500-3800m |
Description | lanate, basal leaves lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, petiolate, stem leaves similar, sessile, capitula few, in bud pendent, discoid or with short ligules |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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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 angustifolia var. eradiata A.Gray Arnica eradiata (A.Gray) A.Heller Arnica foliosa var. sonnei (Greene) Jeps. Arnica parryi var. crinita Osterh. Arnica parryi ssp. genuina Maguire Arnica parryi ssp. sonnei (Greene) Maguire Arnica parryi var. sonnei (Greene) Cronquist Arnica sonnei Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |