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Section Theodorea
Theodorea
Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of East Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habitats in the Himalayas and East Asia. Common names include saw-wort and snow lotus, the latter used for a number of high altitude species in East Asia.
18 branches of this group, most-observed first
Meadow Saussurea
speciesSaussurea amara
Maiden saussurea
speciesSaussurea pulchella
Saussurea japonica
speciesSaussurea japonica
New-pretty saw-wort
speciesSaussurea neopulchella
Saussurea laciniata
speciesSaussurea laciniata
Saussurea ceterachifolia
speciesSaussurea ceterachifolia
Saussurea robusta
speciesSaussurea robusta
Saussurea alata
speciesSaussurea alata
Saussurea prostrata
speciesSaussurea prostrata
Saussurea grubovii
speciesSaussurea grubovii
Saussurea jurineioides
speciesSaussurea jurineioides
Saussurea ramosa
speciesSaussurea ramosa
Saussurea malitiosa
speciesSaussurea malitiosa
Saussurea runcinata
speciesSaussurea runcinata
Saussurea pseudomalitiosa
speciesSaussurea pseudomalitiosa
Saussurea yiwuensis
speciesSaussurea yiwuensis
Saussurea tsoongii
speciesSaussurea tsoongii
Saussurea chingiana
speciesSaussurea chingiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1420049.