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Arnica porsildiorum

Arnica porsildiorum is a cold-climate wildflower from the Arctic and subarctic, native to the Russian Far East, Alaska, and northwestern Canada. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited and mostly general.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Cool, well-drained, fairly humus-rich soil or gravel-based mix.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; cool summers suit it best, struggles in heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Russian Far East (incl. Kamchatka)

About

Arnica porsildiorum is an Arctic species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Russia, Alaska, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory.

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 porsildiorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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