Species: Saussurea americana
American Saw-wort
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Saussurea
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
American saw-wort
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Aster Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Asterales - Asteraceae - Saussurea
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1990-01-16
Global Status Last Changed
1990-01-16
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Spotty distribution from Alaska to California and Montana.