PLANTS Profile for Saussurea (saw-wort)

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PLANTS Profile

Saussurea DC.
saw-wort

Symbol:

SAUSS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

Images:
Saussurea DC.

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Distribution:
Saussurea DC.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, NU, YT)

Related Taxa:
Saussurea DC.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Saussurea alpina

Distribution of Saussurea amara (L.) DC.. .

Saussurea amara
saussurea

Distribution of Saussurea americana D.C. Eaton. . Image Available.

Saussurea americana
American saw-wort

Distribution of Saussurea angustifolia (Willd.) DC.. . Image Available.

Saussurea angustifolia
narrowleaf saw-wort

Distribution of Saussurea densa (Hook.) Rydb.. .

Saussurea densa
clustered sawwort

Distribution of Saussurea nuda Ledeb.. .

Saussurea nuda
nutty saw-wort

Saussurea tilesii

Saussurea ×tschuktschorum

Distribution of Saussurea viscida Hultén. .

Saussurea viscida
sticky saw-wort

Distribution of Saussurea weberi Hultén. .

Saussurea weberi
Weber's saw-wort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Saussurea DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Saussurea DC. – saw-wort

More Accounts and Images:
Saussurea DC.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36074.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:36 PM CDT