Arnica lonchophylla

Arnica lonchophylla is a species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae. The common names for this species includes longleaf arnica, northern arnica,[2] and spear-leaved arnica.[3] It has daisy-like yellow flowers that are 2.5 to 5 cm across with a yellow center disks.[4]

Arnica lonchophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arnica
Species:
A. lonchophylla
Binomial name
Arnica lonchophylla
Greene
Synonyms[1]

Description

Arnica lonchophylla is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial growing 12 to 50 cm tall, with normally unbranched stems.[5] The rhizomes are densely scaly. The 3 to 7 pairs of basal leaves have long petioles (leaf stalk), are three nerved, with margins that are more or less uniformly toothed. The basal leaves are 3.5 to 14 cm long and 0.5 to 3.7 cm wide. The stem leaves lack petioles and are arranged oppositely on the stem, reducing in size as they progress up the stem. It has yellow-flowered radiate heads with 3 to 8 heads per stem. Each flower head has 6 to 17 ray florets. The flower anthers are yellow. The cypselae (a dry single-seeded fruit) are gray to brown and 3 to 6 mm long. The pappus is white with ridged bristles pubescent hairs and a naked receptacle. Flowering occurs June thru August.[6][7][8]

Subspecies

Subspecies have included:

  • Arnica lonchophylla ssp. lonchophylla[9]
  • Arnica lonchophylla ssp. arnoglossa (Greene) Maguire[10]

Habitat

Arnica lonchophylla grows in dry to mesic soils, on open montane slopes and open woodlands, along gravel-bedded streams and other shorelines. It also is found on calcareous rocky outcrops, to lowland Arctic tundra; it is found from elevations of 0–1500 meters.

Distribution

Arnica lonchophylla is generally a subarctic species that is found from British Columbia north to Alaska and the Yukon and east to Newfoundland and Labrador. It can also be found in the US states of Alaska, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wyoming.[11]

In Minnesota it is listed as a threatened species and survives as scattered isolated relict populations found around lake superior which provides lake effects that suit this species needs for cool summers, it is found in calcareous microhabitats on exposed rocky shorelines and cliffs.[7]

References
  1. "Arnica lonchophylla Greene". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  2. FNA Vol. 21 Page 368, 370. "efloras.org". Flora of North America. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. Hong Qian; K. Klinka (1998). Plants of British Columbia: Scientific and Common Names of Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens. UBC Press. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-7748-0652-7.
  4. "Arnica lonchophylla (Long-leaf Arnica): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  5. Umberto Quattrocchi (19 April 2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. pp. 400–. ISBN 978-1-4822-5064-0.
  6. "Arnica lonchophylla in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  7. Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
  8. "Arnica lonchophylla Greene". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  9. "Plants Profile for Arnica lonchophylla lonchophylla (longleaf arnica)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  10. "Plants Profile for Arnica lonchophylla arnoglossa (seep arnica)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  11. "Arnica lonchophylla - FNA". beta.floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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