PLANTS Profile for Arnica acaulis (common leopardbane)

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Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
common leopardbane

Symbol:

ARAC3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 533. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Synonyms:
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

DOAC

Doronicum acaule Walter

Distribution:
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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USA (AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, PA, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 30 species in Arnica

Classification:
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Arnica L. – arnica
Species	Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – common leopardbane

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
leopard's-bane		Endangered
Maryland:
leopard's-bane		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
leopard's-bane		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36555.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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