Distribution
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Pakistan, W. Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal), S. Tibet, S.W. China (Yunnan).
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Comprehensive Description
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Arnica obtusifolia Less. I.innaia 6: 2M>. 1831
Root toes horizontal; item i 2 dm, hi^h, appressed-pubescent throughout, striate; basal! ill, tpatulate or oblong; stem leaves usually J pairs, the lower two pairs neai the
base, spatulate <,r elliptic, rarely ovate, obtuse, 4 6 cm. long, entire to di nt ite, glabrous beneatli except the dliate margins, glabrous "r slightly glandulaj puberulent above, the uppermost pair usually much, higher up, oblong or linear, reduced; bead solitary, nodding; involucre broadly turbinate, about 15 mm. high and 20 mm. broad, dark-purple, denselypubescent with short purple hairs ; bracts 12-20, oblong to linear, obtuse; ray-flowers 9-15, the ligules 2-3 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide; disk-corollas 6-7 mm. long; anthers purplish; achenes 5 cm. long, strongly striate, puberulent; pappus-bristles 7 mm. long, straw-colored, barbellate.
Type locality: Unalaska, Alaska.
Distribution: Islands off Alaska, from Kadiak to Unalaska and Nunivak Island.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1927. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; LIABEAE, NEUROLAENEAE, SENECIONEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 34(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
