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Lanceleaf arnica

Arnica lanceolata

Also called New England Arnica, Lance Leaved Arnica, Lance Leaved Leopardbane, Soft Leaf Arnica, Arnica

Lanceleaf arnica
Photo: William & Wilma Follette, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Canada to NE. U.S.A.

About

Arnica lanceolata is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name clasping arnica or lanceleaf arnica. It has a disjunct (discontinuous) distribution in western North America and northeastern North America.

Arnica lanceolata is a perennial herb usually growing from a small rhizome and producing one or more hairy, glandular stems. The stems are lined with 5 to 10 pairs of oval-shaped, toothed leaves up to 12 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a cluster of several daisy-like flower heads with a center of brownish disc florets and a fringe of yellow ray florets 1 to 2 centimeters long. The fruit is a cylindrical achene covered in hairs and with a light brown pappus at one end. It grows in moist areas, along stream banks, and montane to alpine meadows.

Other Arnica plants

Common leopardbane · Narrowleaf arnica · Serpentine arnica · Chamisso arnica · Heartleaf arnica · Mock leopardbane · Rayless arnica · Foothill arnica · Smallhead arnica · Snow Arnica · Broadleaf arnica · Nodding arnica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arnica lanceolata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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