Asteraceae

Narrowleaf arnica

Arnica angustifolia Vahl

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arnica

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Narrowleaf arnica (Arnica angustifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Chinese: 狭叶羊菊, 狹葉羊菊
Czech: Prha úzkolistá
English: Narrowleaf arnica
Estonian: Ahtalehine arnika
Finnish: Siroarnikki, Arnikki, Tunturiarnikki
Norwegian Bokmål: Smalsolblom
Norwegian Nynorsk: Smalsolblom
Persian: همیشهبهار آرام
Russian: Арника узколистная
Swedish: Fjällarnika

Synonyms

Arnica alpina (L.) Olin & Ladau
Arnica angustifolia var. angustifolia
Arnica montana var. alpina L.

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 240 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Toni Amnell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: no rights reserved, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Spencer Quayle, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.