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Arnica montana

Authority L. Family Magnoliopsida:Asteridae:Asterales:Compositae Synonyms Doronicum arnica Desf., Doronicum oppositifolium Larn. Common names almindelig guldblomme, arnica, berg-wohlverleih, etelänarnikki, hästfibbla, solblom Editor Ecocrop code 3385

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DESCRIPTION: It is a herbaceous plant. The plant height ranges from 30ˆ60 cm. One or two pairs of leaves form a flat rosette. They are entire, bright green, toothed and somewhat hairy on the upper surface. From the centre of the rosette rises a round and hairy stalk that ends in 1-3 flower stalks bearing each one orange-yellow daisylike blossom. USE: The roots and paricularely the dried flowers can be used for medicinal purpuses. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: Leopard`s Bane, European Arnica Mountain Tobacco Wolfsbane, Mountain snuff. FURTHER INF: It grows on montane to alpine meadows and pastures and in light forests up to the alpine level. Arnica bears full light but prefers partial shade. It prefers poor meadows with a mixture of dry and humusy loam, peat, and sand on acid soils with a pH of 5-6 but not on limy soils. It is distributed from south Norway and Latvia southwards to south Portugal, the north Appennines and south Carpathians. It is naturalized in North America.
Sources
Grassland Index Steven R and Staberg P 2005