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Section Saussurea
Saussurea
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.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Alpine Saw-wort
speciesSaussurea alpina
Saussurea parviflora
speciesSaussurea parviflora
Narrowleaf Saw-wort
speciesSaussurea angustifolia
nutty saw-wort
speciesSaussurea nuda
Saussurea controversa
speciesSaussurea controversa
american saw-wort
speciesSaussurea americana
Tilesius’ saw-wort
speciesSaussurea pseudotilesii
Northern saw-wort
speciesSaussurea tilesii
Saussurea latifolia
speciesSaussurea latifolia
Saussurea grandifolia
speciesSaussurea grandifolia
Heart-leaved Saussurea
speciesSaussurea discolor
Saussurea depressa
speciesSaussurea depressa
Saussurea nivea
speciesSaussurea nivea
Saussurea pectinata
speciesSaussurea pectinata
Weber's Saw-wort
speciesSaussurea weberi
Saussurea denticulata
speciesSaussurea denticulata
Ussuri saussurea
speciesSaussurea ussuriensis
Saussurea gracilis
speciesSaussurea gracilis
Elliptic-leaf saussurea
speciesSaussurea neoserrata
Saussurea acuminata
speciesSaussurea acuminata
Saussurea glandulosa
speciesSaussurea glandulosa
Saussurea elongata
speciesSaussurea elongata
Saussurea riederi
speciesSaussurea riederi
Saussurea subacaulis
speciesSaussurea subacaulis
Amur sub-wort
speciesSaussurea amurensis
Saussurea mongolica
speciesSaussurea mongolica
Saussurea subtriangulata
speciesSaussurea subtriangulata
Saussurea triptera
speciesSaussurea triptera
Saussurea foliosa
speciesSaussurea foliosa
Saussurea stubendorffii
speciesSaussurea stubendorffii
Saussurea oxyodonta
speciesSaussurea oxyodonta
Saussurea pseudoalpina
speciesSaussurea pseudoalpina
Saussurea odontolepis
speciesSaussurea odontolepis
Saussurea superba
speciesSaussurea superba
Saussurea tanakae
speciesSaussurea tanakae
Saussurea recurvata
speciesSaussurea recurvata
Saussurea hieracioides
speciesSaussurea hieracioides
Saussurea uralensis
speciesSaussurea uralensis
Saussurea triangulata
speciesSaussurea triangulata
Saussurea vyschinii
speciesSaussurea vyschinii
Kamchatka saw-wort
speciesSaussurea kamtschatica
Saussurea purpurata
speciesSaussurea purpurata
Saussurea nupuripoensis
speciesSaussurea nupuripoensis
Saussurea kiraisiensis
speciesSaussurea kiraisiensis
Saussurea epilobioides
speciesSaussurea epilobioides
Saussurea cordifolia
speciesSaussurea cordifolia
Saussurea dubia
speciesSaussurea dubia
Saussurea piptathera
speciesSaussurea piptathera
Saussurea sinuatoides
speciesSaussurea sinuatoides
Elliptic-Leaf Saw-Wort
speciesSaussurea elliptica
Saussurea woodiana
speciesSaussurea woodiana
Saussurea tatsienensis
speciesSaussurea tatsienensis
Saussurea stolbensis
speciesSaussurea stolbensis
Saussurea macrolepis
speciesSaussurea macrolepis
Saussurea manshurica
speciesSaussurea manshurica
Saussurea kolesnikovii
speciesSaussurea kolesnikovii
Saussurea umbrosa
speciesSaussurea umbrosa
Saussurea macrota
speciesSaussurea macrota
Saussurea peduncularis
speciesSaussurea peduncularis
Saussurea nipponica
speciesSaussurea nipponica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 1420064.