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Nodding arnica

Arnica lessingii

Also called Lessing's Arnica, Lessing's Leopardbane, Purple Arnica

Nodding arnica
Photo: NPS / Jacob W. Frank: Denali National Park and Preserve, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Kamchatka, Subarctic America to W. Canada
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

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Arnica lessingii is a Russian and North American species of arnica in the sunflower family. The common name is nodding arnica. It is found on both sides of the Bering Strait, being native to Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Pacific Coast of Russia.

Other Arnica plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arnica lessingii 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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