Calflora: Arnica parryi

Arnica parryi A. Gray

Parry's arnica, nodding arnica

Arnica parryi, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Jul--Aug

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest
Elevation:	between 6400 and 11000 feet
Family:	ASTERACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Arnica found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Arnica parryi ssp. sonnei

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

TJM2:	Arnica parryi ssp. parryi
TJM2:	Arnica sonnei

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 4 / 4 CCH El Dorado: 26 / 23 CCH Fresno: 5 / 5 CCH Glenn: 1 / 1 CCH Humboldt: 1 / 1 CCH Inyo: 21 / 16 CCH Lake: 1 / 1 CCH Lassen: 6 / 3 CCH Madera: 3 / 3 CCH Mendocino: 3 / 2 CCH Mono: 20 / 16 CCH Modoc: 3 / 3 CCH Mariposa: 4 / 3 CCH Nevada: 8 / 6 CCH Placer: 12 / 8 CCH Plumas: 3 / 3 CCH Sierra: 1 / 1 CCH Siskiyou: 5 / 5 CCH Tehama: 1 / 1 CCH Tulare: 1 / 1 CCH Tuolumne: 1 / 0 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Arnica parryi from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (ARPA13)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database