Genus Arnica
Senecioneae Tribe Aster Family
Arnica |
fulgens Orange Arnica
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Arinica fulgens (shiny), Orange Arnica, growing in a sunny, fairy moist meadow with Lupinus argentus near Summit Lake above Steamboat Springs, Colorado, elevation 10,500 Feet. Plant height is 41 cm., flowers are 45 mm across, about 13 rays each 23 mm long,. Leaves are both basal and stem, stem opposite, length 67 mm, width 26 mm, leaves are hairy and glandular as are stems. |
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Arnica |
gracilis Mountain Arnica |
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| Arnica (lambskin) gracilis (graceful), Mountain Arnica, growing in shaded Picea engelmanii forest at 10,500 feet near Summit Lake above Steamboat Springs, Colorado, July 27, 2006. Plant height is 21 cm.. Stem leaves observed, opposite, length 87 mm., width 48 mm. at base. Flower width is 40 mm, ray length 15 mm. | |||||
| Arnica | mollis Hairy Arnica |
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| Arnica mollis (soft) growing in a subalpine meadow along the Continental Divide Trail North of Pagosa Springs, Colorado at an elevation of 11,300 feet. Meadow is near an intermittent stream. | |||||
