Arnica fulgens Pursh (Q2826)

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Arnica fulgens is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Arnica
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Arnica fulgens Pursh
Arnica fulgens is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Arnica

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    taxon/id/Arnica fulgens Pursh
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    Arnica fulgens Pursh
    Arnica fulgens
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 21: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    arnica orangée (French)
    arnica brillant (French)
    hillside arnica (English)
    foothill arnica (English)
    orange arnica (English)
    shining arnica (English)
    shining leopardbane (English)
    Foothill arnica (English)
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    Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.
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    Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.
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    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
    Flowering May–Jul.
    prairies
    grasslands
    montane conifer forests
    500–3000 m
    Plants 10–75 cm.
    Stems solitary, simple.
    petiolate (petioles at least basal leaves, narrow or broadly winged);
    blades (with 3 or 5 prominent, subparallel veins) usually narrowly oblanceolate to oblong, rarely oval or broadly spatulate, 4.5–20 × 0.5–2.5 cm, margins denticulate, apices obtuse, faces moderately uniformly hairy, stipitate-glandular.
    Heads 1 (–3).
    Involucres broadly hemispheric.
    Phyllaries 13–21, elliptic-oblong or narrowly to broadly lanceolate.
    Ray-florets 8–16;
    corollas yellow-orange.
    Disc-florets: corollas yellow;
    Cypselae brown, 3.5–7 mm, densely hirsute, sometimes sparingly stipitate-glandular;
    pappi usually white, sometimes tawny, bristles barbellate.