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Arnica lessingii

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Arnica lessingii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arnica
Species:
A. lessingii
Binomial name
Arnica lessingii
(Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
Synonyms[1]
  • Arnica angustifolia var. lessingii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Arnica lessingii subsp. lessingii
  • Arnica lessingii subsp. norbergii Hultén & Maguire
  • Arnica stricta var. lessingii Torr. & A.Gray

Arnica lessingii is a Russian and North American species of arnica in the sunflower family. The common name is nodding arnica.[2] It is found on both sides of the Bering Strait, being native to Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Pacific Coast of Russia.[3]

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