Arnica nevadensis A. Gray (Q2847)

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Arnica nevadensis is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Arnica
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Arnica nevadensis A. Gray
Arnica nevadensis is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Arnica

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    Arnica nevadensis A. Gray
    Arnica nevadensis
    A. Gray
    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 de la Sierra Nevada (French)
    Sierra arnica (English)
    Nevada arnica (English)
    Nevada arnica (English)
    Sierra arnica (English)
    Flowering Jul–Aug.
    coniferous forests
    meadows
    rocky slopes
    1500–3000 m
    Plants 10–50 cm.
    Leaves 2–3 pairs, mostly cauline (basal leaves often persistent on sterile rosettes);
    petiolate (petioles narrowly to broadly winged);
    blades elliptic to ovate, 3–8 × 2–4 cm, margins entire or denticulate, apices acute to rounded, faces stipitate-glandular.
    Heads 1 (–3).
    Involucres campanulate-turbinate.
    Phyllaries 10–16, oblanceolate.
    Ray-florets 6–14;
    Disc-florets: corollas yellow;
    Cypselae dark gray, 6–9 mm, stipitate-glandular;
    pappi white or tawny, bristles barbellate to subplumose.