This section is from the book "Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers", by Margaret Armstrong. Also available from Amazon: Field Book Of Western Wild Flowers.
A handsome kind, sometimes a foot and a half tall, with pretty flowers, about two inches across, with very bright yellow rays. The bright green leaves are thin in texture and practically smooth, the lower ones more or less roundish, with leaf stalks. This grows in mountain woods.
There are many kinds of Artemisia; herbs or shrubs, usually bitter and aromatic, widely distributed.

Broad-leaved Arnica. A.latifolia. SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae.
 
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