''Arnica sachalinensis '' is an
Asian species of
flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It is native to
Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
on the Pacific Coast of
Russia.
[The International Plant Names Index]
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''Arnica sachalinensis'' is an herb up to 90 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
. Flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
are yellow, with both ray florets and disc florets. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.Ornamental Plants From Russia And Adjacent States Of The Former Soviet Union, ''Arnica sachalinensis'' (Regel) A. Gray
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References
External links
photo
in German with photo
Claus M. Passreiter, Günter Willuhn, Horst Weber, Klaus-Jürgen Schleifer. 1999. Tetrahedron 55:2997–3006Megabook, Арника сахалинская – ''Arnica sachalinensis'' (Reg.) A.Gray
in Russian
sachalinensis
Flora of the Russian Far East
Plants described in 1883
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