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Arnica (ancient name). Compositae. Perennial herbs sometimes seen in borders or rockeries.
 
Arnica (ancient name). Compositae. Perennial herbs sometimes seen in borders or rockeries.
 
With clustered root-lvs. and opposite st.-lvs. and large, long-peduncled yellow heads: involucral bracts all equal, thin, in a single, rarely double series. Native to Eu., Asia, and N. Amer., about 10 species.—Tincture of the European A. montana is used in medicine. Grown mostly as alpines or in rockwork; some species also grow well in the common border. Prop. by division, and rarely by seeds.
 
With clustered root-lvs. and opposite st.-lvs. and large, long-peduncled yellow heads: involucral bracts all equal, thin, in a single, rarely double series. Native to Eu., Asia, and N. Amer., about 10 species.—Tincture of the European A. montana is used in medicine. Grown mostly as alpines or in rockwork; some species also grow well in the common border. Prop. by division, and rarely by seeds.
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A. Clussi-Doronicum Clusii.
 
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