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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnica acaulis   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnica acaulis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Arnica acaulis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Arnica acaulis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-21-001:

Arnica acaulis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arnica acaulis

 

COMMON NAME:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica


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image of Arnica acaulis, Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arac3_001_lvd

        

image of Arnica acaulis, Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica

Will Stuart    wil_8422866763_e1e4a681d8

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

A branched inflorescence has up to about 30 flower heads, each w 10-15 rays, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnica acaulis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnica acaulis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arnica acaulis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arnica acaulis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-21-001:
Arnica acaulis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arnica acaulis

 

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1984

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, clayey or sandy oak and oak-pine woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene

 

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