Arnica rydbergii

Greene

Pittonia 4: 36. 1899.

Common names: Rydberg’s arnica
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 371. Mentioned on page 367.

Plants 8–35 cm. Stems (branches from rhizomes) simple. Leaves 2–4 pairs (basal often persistent on sterile rosettes), mostly cauline; petiolate (at least basal) or sessile; blades oblanceolate to spatulate, 2–7 × 0.5–2.5 cm, margins usually entire, sometimes denticulate, rarely dentate, apices usually acute, sometimes obtuse, faces sparsely puberulent, moderately pubescent distally, stipitate-glandular. Heads 1–3(–5). Involucres turbinate-campanulate. Phyllaries 9–15, linear-oblong to narrowly lanceolate. Ray florets 6–10; corollas yellow. Disc florets: corollas yellow; anthers yellow. Cypselae brown, 4–7 mm, densely hirsute (not stipitate-glandular); pappi white, bristles barbellate. 2n = 38, 76.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Dry to mesic, exposed, rocky alpine slopes and ridges or alpine meadows
Elevation: 1200–3400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Arnica rydbergii"
Steven J. Wolf +
Greene +
Rydberg’s arnica +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1200–3400 m +
Dry to mesic, exposed, rocky alpine slopes and ridges or alpine meadows +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Bahiinae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Palafoxiinae +
Arnica rydbergii +
species +