Arnica griscomii is an Asian and North American species of plants in the sunflower family, known by the common name snow arnica. It is native to eastern Russia and northwestern North America (Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories) and to eastern Canada (Quebec and Newfoundland).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Snow Arnica being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Arnica angustifolia
- Arnica lessingii
- Arnica rydbergii
- Tephroseris frigida
- Arnica unalaschcensis
- Arnica lonchophylla
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Arnica
- Species
- Arnica griscomii
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