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Arnica lonchophylla Greene trib. Heliantheae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesArnica lonchophylla Greene trib. Heliantheae
BibliographyPittonia 4: 164 (1900)
Native RangeSubarctic America to Canada, Minnesota to Wyoming
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Altitude0-1500m
Descriptionleaves petiolate, lanceolate to ovate, coarsely dentate, opposite, upper leaves small, sessile, capitula 1-7, glandular, achenes 4-6mm, pubescent, pappus white
Size10-50cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca+
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArnica alpina ssp. lonchophylla (Greene) G.W.Douglas & Ruyle-Dougl.
Arnica alpina var. lonchophylla (Greene) S.L.Welsh
Arnica angustifolia ssp. lonchophylla (Greene) G.W.Douglas & Ruyle-Dougl.
Arnica arnoglossa Greene
Arnica chionopappa Fernald
Arnica fernaldii Rydb.
Arnica gaspensis Fernald
Arnica lonchophylla ssp. arnoglossa (Greene) Maguire
Arnica lonchophylla var. arnoglossa (Greene) B.Boivin
Arnica lonchophylla ssp. chionopappa (Fernald) Maguire
Arnica lonchophylla ssp. genuina Maguire
Territory7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, SDA South Dakota)
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