Asteraceae
Chamisso arnica
Arnica chamissonis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Arnica
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Common names
By language (5)
- Azerbaijani
- Şamisso öküzotu, Yarpaqlı öküzotü
- Chinese
- 多叶黄菊
- English
- Chamisso arnica
- Finnish
- Lännenarnikki
- Spanish
- Árnica americana
Synonyms
- Arnica bernardina Greene
- Arnica bruceae Rydb.
- Arnica cana Greene
- Arnica celsa A.Nelson
- Arnica chamissonis f. chamissonis
- Arnica chamissonis f. incana (A.Gray) B.Boivin
- Arnica chamissonis subsp. chamissonis
- Arnica chamissonis subsp. foliosa (Nutt.) Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis subsp. genuina Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis subsp. incana (A.Gray) Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis var. andina (Nutt.) Ediger & T.M.Barkley
- Arnica chamissonis var. bernardina (Greene) Jeps. ex Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis var. chamissonis
- Arnica chamissonis var. chamissonis
- Arnica chamissonis var. foliosa Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis var. incana (A.Gray) Hultén
- Arnica chamissonis var. interior Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis var. jepsoniana Maguire
- Arnica chamissonis var. longinodosa A.Nelson
- Arnica chamissonis var. maguirei (A.Nelson) Maguire
- Arnica columbiana Greene
- Arnica exigua A.Nelson
- Arnica foliosa Nutt.
- Arnica foliosa var. andina Nutt.
- Arnica foliosa var. bernardina (Greene) Jeps.
- Arnica foliosa var. foliosa
- Arnica foliosa var. incana A.Gray
- Arnica greenei A.Nelson
- Arnica incana (A.Gray) Greene
- Arnica kodiakensis Rydb.
- Arnica lanulosa Greene
- Arnica macilenta Greene
- Arnica maguirei A.Nelson
- Arnica ocreata A.Nelson
- Arnica rhizomata A.Nelson
- Arnica rubricaulis Greene
- Arnica stricta A.Nelson
- Arnica stricta var. stricta
- Arnica tomentulosa Rydb.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 33 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lawrence Chu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mike85629, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mike85629, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Don Best, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rochelle Fjeldstrom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Severin Ronald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.