Arnica alpina subsp. attenuata (Greene) Maguire | |||
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Family | Compositae — APG family: Asteraceae | ||
Synonyms | Arnica attenuata Greene. | ||
Description | Differs from subsp. angustifolia in taller growth; branched stem with 3-5 heads; cauline leaves in 3-5 pairs; more viscid-pubescent involucrum; and somewhat longer teeth on the ligule. | ||
Ecology | Described from the Lewes River, Yukon Territory. | ||
Taxonomy notes | In var. linearis Hult., the leaves are linear, and in var. vestita Hult. (A. tomentosa with respect to Alaskan plant), the entire plant is covered with grayish pubescence. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.