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§1 Plant
Arnica fulgens Pursh
vernacular foothill 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 122 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.2–9
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 450,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 122 counties across 12 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pierce 38069
- Rolette 38079
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oregon view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 11 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARFU3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5405934 ↗Record version
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