Index / Search / Arnica cordifolia
§1 Plant
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
vernacular heartleaf arnica — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Arnica
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 230 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 220,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container, corm, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 230 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Madera 06039
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- San Diego 06073
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
Colorado view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
Idaho view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Rosebud 30087
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARCO9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5405914 ↗Record version
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