Arnica mollis

Taxobox
name = "Arnica mollis"

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image_width = 230px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Heliantheae
genus = "Arnica"
species = "A. mollis"
binomial = "Arnica mollis"
binomial_authority = Hook.

"Arnica mollis" is a species of arnica known by the common name hairy arnica. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in subalpine mountain habitat such as meadows and streambanks. It is a perennial herb producing one or more hairy, glandular, mostly naked stems 20 to 60 centimeters tall. There are 3 to 5 pairs of leaves along mainly the lower half of the stem, each oblong in shape and 4 to 20 centimeters in length. The inflorescence holds one to a few daisylike flower heads with centers of yellow disc florets and fringes of yellow ray florets. The fruit is an achene with a brownish pappus.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,701,711 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARMO4 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Yellow%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/arnica%20mollis.htm Photo Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Arnica+mollis Photo gallery]