NameThatPlant.net: Arnica acaulis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Leopard's-bane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-21-001:

Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Leopard's-bane, Southeastern Arnica

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-21-001:
Arnica acaulis FAMILY Asteraceae

1984

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, clayey or sandy oak and oak-pine woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare in GA)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Leaves sessile
Margins mostly entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Achene

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