Common name: Rydberg’s arnica
Family: Compositae
Information: Rydberg’s arnica occurs in dry slopes, rocky ridges and meadows often inland of the coast region mountains (Pojar and MacKinnon 2013).
Interesting facts: Named after Per Axel Rydberg, a botanist of Swedish heritage, and a field agent for the USDA.
Photos: Southwest facing ridgetop, ca. 2200 m, Southern Chilcotin Mts Park. N Hewitt, July 28 2019.
Sources and additional resources:
Pojar, J. & MacKinnon, A. (2013). Plants of the Northwest: Wyoming to Alaska. Emonton, AB. Lone Pine Publishing.
Klinkenberg, Brian. (Ed.) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca] http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Arnica%20rydbergii
