Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arnica montana L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Arnica montana subsp. atlantica A.Bolòs

Arnica montana subsp. montana

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arnica	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
arnica e planta tota	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
arnica flower	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
arnica montana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
arnica montana, radix	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
arnica root (en)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
arnica-da-montanha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arnicae flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arnicae flos, flores arnicae	Pharmaceutical	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
arnika	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
arnikabluten	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
arnikablüten	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
arnikawurzel (ge)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
arnique	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
berg-wohlverleih	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bergwohlverleih	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
betouana	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bétoine des montagnes	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
celtic bane	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
dokhanolfouh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
echte arnica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
echtes wolferlei	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
estourniga	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
estrunica	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
european arnica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fallkraut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
flor de tabaco	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
flos arnicae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kraftwurz	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leopard's bane	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
leopards-bane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leopardsbane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mountain arnica	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
mountain tobacco	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
mountain-tabacco	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
mountain-tobacco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
racine d'arnique (fr)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
raiz de arnica (sp)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
slåttergubbe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
st luzianskraut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
stichwurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
strunica	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
verfangkraut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
wohlverleih	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
wolf's bane	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
wolf’s bane	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
wundkraut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
árnica	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
árnica, flor	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
árnica, flores	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowerhead		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
capitulum		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Flores	Flores desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Flower		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Root, Flower	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
flower, root		Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
flower (herb, root)		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	dried flower head	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
flower	whole or partsially broken dried flower-heads	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
flower	whole or partsially broken, dried flower-heads	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flower	flower heads	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flower, root	fluid extract, tincture, vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
root		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
inflorescence	dried inflorescences, whole or cut	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
flower head	Whole or partially broken, dried flower-heads	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
cabezas florales de la planta fresca o seca		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Doronicum oppositifolium Lam. Encycl. 2: 312 (1786), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arnica montana	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Arnica montana L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Arnica montana Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Doronicum oppositifolium	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Árnica montana L	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)

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