Arnica lessingii

Arnica lessingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Arnica
Species: A. lessingii
Binomial name
Arnica lessingii
(Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
Synonyms[1]
  • Arnica angustifolia var. lessingii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Arnica lessingii subsp. lessingii
  • Arnica lessingii subsp. norbergii Hultén & Maguire
  • Arnica stricta var. lessingii Torr. & A.Gray

Arnica lessingii is a Russian and North American species of arnica in the sunflower family. Common name is "nodding arnica."[2] It is found on both sides of the Bering Strait, being native to Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Pacific Coast of Russia.[3]


References

  1. ↑ The Plant List Arnica lessingii (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene
  2. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 369 Nodding arnica, Arnica lessingii (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map


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