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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Arnica acaulis
|accepted_authority=(Walter) Britton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prelim. Cat.,
|place=30. 1888
|year=1888
}}
|common_names=Common leopardbane
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Doronicum acaule
|authority=Walter
|publication_title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication_place=205. 1788
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Chaenactidinae;Arnica;Arnica acaulis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Chaenactidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arnica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Arnica acaulis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 367
|treatment_page=page 368
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>20–80 cm. <b>Stems</b> simple. <b>Leaves</b> 2–4(–6) pairs, nearly all basal; sessile; blades (with 3, 5, or 7 prominent, subparallel veins) broadly elliptic, ovate, or rhombic, 4–15 × 1.5–8 cm, margins mostly entire, apices mostly obtuse, faces hirsute and stipitate-glandular (cauline leaves 0 or 1–2, distalmost often alternate, much reduced). <b>Heads</b> 3–20. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate. <b>Phyllaries</b> 12–18, narrowly ovate. <b>Ray</b> florets 10–16; corollas yellow. <b>Disc</b> florets: corollas yellow; anthers yellow. <b>Cypselae</b> dark gray to dark brown, 5–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular; pappi white, bristles barbellate. <b>2n</b> = 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Sandy pine woods and clearings, often in damp soils, chiefly on Coastal Plain
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Arnica acaulis
|author=
|authority=(Walter) Britton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Doronicum acaule
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Sandy pine woods and clearings, often in damp soils, chiefly on Coastal Plain
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Prelim. Cat.,
|publication year=1888
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Chaenactidinae
|genus=Arnica
|species=Arnica acaulis
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