Arnica

Mountain arnica is a perennial herb. The rhizome is short, cylindrical, reddish-brown on the outside, with several heads, with numerous thin roots emerging from its underside. In the first year, the rosette leaves develop on their own. They are large, 6–8 in number, vserect, oblong, obtuse, with 5–7 protruding veins below, dark green, with short petioles. The stem develops in the second year. It is 70–80 cm high, erect, simple or with several opposite branches, covered with hairs. Stem leaves are 2 to 4, opposite, oblong to lanceolate, semi-embracing the stem, sessile, entire, fibrous above, light green below, glabrous, 5–7-veined. The leaves at the bottom of the stem are smaller, with 3 veins, and the uppermost leaves are even smaller, with 1 vein. The flowers are large. The peripheral flowers are yellow-orange, and the inner ones are yellow, collected in relatively large baskets, which are located individually at the top of the stem and on its branches. The fruit is cylindrical, with a kite. The whole plant has a specific pleasant smell