Asteraceae
Arnica

Arnica montana L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 884 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Introduced into:

West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2011). Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Thomas] [s.n.] France K002904743 Yes
Dallimore, W. [s.n.] K003025384 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [259] France K002904748 Yes
Steininger; Schönach [s.n.] Austria K002904690 Yes
Price, W.R. [s.n.] Denmark K002904709 Yes
Martínez, M. [s.n.] France K002904740 Yes
Mr. Bondy [s.n.] Austria K002904694 Yes
Edmonds, M.E. [29] Austria K002904699 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [E200] Austria K002904689 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] France K002904739 Yes
Saville, D. [104] Austria K002904688 Yes
Filarozky; Tarortea [s.n.] Hungary K002904707 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002904722 Yes
Kummerle, J.B. [s.n.] Hungary K002904706 Yes
Loschnigg, V. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002904705 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002904695 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002904693 Yes
Davy, J.B. [102/27] France K002904744 Yes
Timbal-Lagrave [2118] France K002904725 Yes
Viallanes, A. [s.n.] France K002904735 Yes
Borel, J.M. [s.n.] France K002904721 Yes
Didier, E.B. [s.n.] France K002904726 Yes
Pike, W. [s.n.] United States K002904974 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [3332] France K002904741 Yes
Viallanes, A. [s.n.] France K002904730 Yes
Gander [s.n.] Austria K002904702 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003025374 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002904723 Yes
Suza, J. [s.n.] Czech Republic K002904708 Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France K002904727 Yes
Mr Carrier [s.n.] France K002904720 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [68923A] France K002904729 Yes
King [s.n.] United States K003025373 Yes
Saville, D. [104] Austria K002904697 Yes
Saville, D. [103] Austria K002904698 Yes
Stapf, O. [s.n.] Austria K002904696 Yes
Dauphiné [s.n.] France K002904747 Yes
Malinvaud, E. [s.n.] France K002904734 Yes
Savoie [s.n.] France K002904749 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [3288] France K002904733 Yes
Carret, A. [s.n.] France K002904732 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002904700 Yes
Oettinger, N.K. [s.n.] Austria K002904687 Yes
Borel, J.M. [[830]] France K002904724 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [259] France K002904738 Yes
Bayard; Reverchon, E. [11] France K002904742 Yes
Maly [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002904704 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [4644] France K002904736 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] France K002904731 Yes
Schönach [s.n.] Austria K002904691 Yes
Lloyd [s.n.] France K002904745 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [3332] France K002904750 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [4105] France K002904737 Yes
Magnier, C. [285] Belgium K002904703 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002904692 Yes
Sch. Bip. [s.n.] Germany K002904755 Yes
Gander [s.n.] Austria K002904701 Yes
Gaudefroy, E. [s.n.] France K002904728 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0