Arnica fulgens is a species of arnica known by the common names foothill arnica and hillside arnica. It is native to western North America, from British Columbia east to Saskatchewan and south as far as Inyo County, California, and McKinley County, New Mexico.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map It grows in open, grassy areas. Arnica fulgens is a perennial herb growing from a short, tough rhizome and producing one or more hairy, glandular, mostly naked stems to heights between 10 and 60 centimeters. The leaves are mainly located around the base of the plant. They are broadly lance-shaped to oval-shaped and have tufts of woolly fibers in their axils. They are up to 12 centimeters long, and there may be a few much shorter ones further up the stem. The inflorescence holds usually one, but sometimes 2 or 3, daisylike flower heads lined in hairy phyllaries. Each head has a center of glandular golden disc florets lined with golden ray florets which are 1 to 3 centimeters long. The fruit is an achene with a hairy body half a centimeter long and a light-colored pappus. Flowers bloom May to July.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Arnica fulgens across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Flavones2
Flavonols2
Documented compounds4 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Apigenin
present
LOTUS
Astragalin
present
LOTUS
Hyperin
present
LOTUS
Luteolin 7-glucoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding7 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Arnica fulgens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections4
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcL3★rbcLa★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualArnica fulgens carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 382×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Löve, A. & D. Löve. 1982. In: IOPB chromosome number reports LXXIV. Taxon 31: 120–126.
n 192×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — BARKER, W.W. 1967. In IOPB chromosome number reports X. Taxon 16: 146-157.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — ORNDUFF, R., T. MOSQUIN, D. W. KYHOS, & P. H. RAVEN. 1967. Chromosome numbers in Compositae. VI. Senecioneae. II. Am. Jour. Bot. 54: 205-213.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 206≤1 km 41≤10 km 9>10 km 12
268 georeferenced · 66 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor334
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 33≤1 km 95≤10 km 181>10 km 41
350 georeferenced · 357 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence707
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions49 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
76
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
64
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
56
Pullman, US
51
Missoula, US
51
Wuzhou, CN
41
WTUlocation not on record
40
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
36
Moscow, US
34
Denver, US
34
Bozeman, US
22
Victoria, CA
18
Spearfish, US
15
WINlocation not on record
10
Corvallis, US
9
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
7
Chadron, US
7
Provo, US
7
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
7
Logan, US
7
Caldwell, US
6
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
6
Cheney, US
6
San Luis Obispo, US
6
Vancouver, CA
5
Bangkok, TH
4
Pocatello, US
4
Bloomington, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Grand Junction, US
4
Riverside, US
4
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Los Angeles, US
3
AUAlocation not on record
3
Saint Louis, US
3
Turlock, US
2
Emporia, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Columbia, US
2
Boise, US
2
GB
2
Paris, FR
1
Saint John, CA
1
Montréal, CA
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Québec, CA
1
Bend, US
1
Kew, GB
1
US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Claremont, US
1
Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Millersville, US
1
St. Paul, US
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Knoxville, US
1
Tacoma, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
68 institutions · 700 of 707 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Arnica fulgens was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median-1.40 °C -4.30–8.20
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.4 °C
Max temp (day)4.20 °C 0.4–14.4
Min temp (night)-4.30 °C -8.80–2.90
Precipitation63.6 mm/mo 25.8–66.4
Air humidity57.5 % 52.8–60.6
Moisture balance-11.7 mm/mo -54.7–22.8
Vapour deficit244 Pa 181–545
Wind speed4.70 m/s 4.70–5.30
Cloud cover49.1 % 42.0–51.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 041 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗