Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arnica acaulis Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common leopardbane	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arnica claytonii Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 527 (1813).
Arnica nudicaulis Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 333 (1823).
Doronicum acaule Walter Fl. Carol.: 205 (1788).
Doronicum claytonii Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 660 (1817).
Doronicum nudicaule Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 121 (1803).
Grammarthron oppositifolium Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 19: 296 (1821).
Peritris ovatifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 23 (1837).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arnica acaulis (Walt.) B.S.P.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Arnica acaulis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Arnica acaulis B. et P.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Arnica acaulis Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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