Asteraceae
Heart-leaf arnica
Arnica cordifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Arnica
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Heart-leaf arnica, Heartleaf arnica
Synonyms
- Arnica abortiva Greene
- Arnica andersonii Piper
- Arnica austinae Rydb.
- Arnica chionophila Greene
- Arnica cordifolia subsp. cordifolia
- Arnica cordifolia subsp. genuina Maguire
- Arnica cordifolia subsp. whitneyi (Fernald) Maguire
- Arnica cordifolia var. humilis (Rydb.) Maguire
- Arnica cordifolia var. macrophylla (Nutt.) Maguire
- Arnica cordifolia var. pumila (Rydb.) Maguire
- Arnica cordifolia var. whitneyi (Fernald) Maguire
- Arnica evermannii Greene
- Arnica hardinae H.St.John
- Arnica humilis Rydb.
- Arnica macrophylla Nutt.
- Arnica microphylla Walp.
- Arnica paniculata A.Nelson
- Arnica parviflora Greene
- Arnica pumila Rydb.
- Arnica subcordata Greene
- Arnica whitneyi Fernald
Flowers
- 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: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Fertig, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brewbooks, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: graeme wahn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lauren Bosch, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: shannon bedford, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bob Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kyle.krstic, 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.